Author: Robert Kerr
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 7336
Book Description
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.
The History of Voyages & Travels (All 18 Volumes)
Author: Robert Kerr
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 7336
Book Description
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.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 7336
Book Description
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.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
Author: Robert Kerr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Book Catalogue
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Catalogues of Books for Sale by E.W. Stibbs
Author: E. W. Stibbs
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Catalogue of ... Collection of Valuable Choice and Important Books ...
Author: C. Welford
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Voyages and Visions
Author: Jaś Elsner
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861890207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing. With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861890207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing. With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 992
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A Catalogue of Books for the Year 1813 (1815, 1818) in All the Branches of Science and Literature, Etc
Author: William Laing
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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The Athenaeum
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 894
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 894
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Notes and Queries
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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