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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
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Curious Relations: Or, the Entertaining Correspondent
Author: Curious Relations Or The Entertaining Correspondent
Author: G. SmithThe Entertaining Correspondent
Author: Curious Relations: Or, The Entertaining Correspondent
Author: G. SmithCurious Relations: Or, the Entertaining Correspondent
Author: The Entertaining Correspondent, Or, Curious Relations
Author: G. SmithCurious Relations
Author: Multiple ContributorsPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385888599
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Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library N055051 London: printed for G. Smith; and sold by T. Cooper, 1738. 2v., plates; 8°
The Entertaining Correspondent
Author: The Entertaining Correspondent
Author: The Entertaining Correspondent. Or Curious Relations, Digested Into Familiar Letters, and Conversations. Being a Choice and Valuable Collection of Very Remarkable Histories, with Regard to Travels, Voyages, Governments. ; Volume 1
Author: Multiple ContributorsPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385876466
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Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Bodleian Library (Oxford) T188457 Both vols. published in 1738 as: 'Curious relations: or, the entertaining correspondent'. London: printed for James Hodges and John James, 1739. 2v., plates; 8°