A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels (Vol. 1-18) (eBook)

From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (Complete Edition)

Robert Kerr (Autor)

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2020
8553 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406605686-5 (EAN)

Infos

Prepare yourslef for discoveries and new adventures with this incredible book about the true origin of wanderlust. This edition forms a complete history of the earliest start and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the early 19th century. First part of the work covers voyages and travels of discovery in the middle ages; from the era of Alfred, King of England, in the ninth century to that of Don Henry of Portugal at the commencement of the fourteenth century. Second part deals with general voyages and travels chiefly of discovery; from the era of Don Henry, in 1412, to that of George III. in 1760. The rest of the work has some particular voyages and travels arranged in systematic order, Geographical and Chronological, and studies voyages during the era of George III conducted upon scientific principles, by which the Geography of the globe has been nearly perfected.

Autor

Robert Kerr (1757-1813) was a Scottish surgeon, translator and writer on scientific and other subjects. After finishing medical school he began writing out of economical necessity, publishing a variety of minor works. His major work is a massive historical study entitled A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels in eighteen volumes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2020
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: American Nations • Blood River • Dead Mountain • Discovery chronicles • exploration history • Geographic exploration • historical voyages • In the Heart of the Sea • Into the wild • Log of the Centurion • maritime commerce • Medieval expeditions • nautical adventures • Prisoners of Geography • Scientific navigation • Sea and land exploration • Silk Road • The Lost City of the Monkey God • The Lost City of the Monkey GodThe Shadow Of The Wind • The Shadow of the Wind • travel narratives