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Author: William DampierPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Dampier. 1684-1699. [A narrative of his voyages abridged and translated into French from “A New Voyage round the World” and “A Voyage to New Holland.”]
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Author: William DampierGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: A Voyage Round the World: which was Peformed [sic] in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. By M. de la Peyrouse: Abridged from the Original French Journal of M. De La Peyrouse, which was Lately Published by M. Millet-Mureau, in Obedience to an Order Fro
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Author: Science, Voyages, and Encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850
Author: Bronwen DouglasPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137305894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Blending global scope with local depth, this book throws new light on important themes. Spanning four centuries and vast space, it combines the history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands).
A Voyage to Terra Australis
Author: Matthew FlindersPublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A Buccaneer's Atlas
Author: Basil RingrosePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520054103
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On July 29, 1681, a band of English buccaneers that had been terrorizing Spanish possessions on the west coast of the Americas captured a Spanish ship, from which they obtained a derrotero, or book of charts and sailing directions. When they arrived back in England, the Spanish ambassador demanded that the buccaneers be brought to trial. The derrotero was ordered to be brought to King Charles II, who apparently appreciated its great intelligence value. The buccaneers were acquitted, to the chagrin of the king of Spain, who had the English ambassador expelled from the court at Madrid on a seemingly trumped-up charge. The derrotero was subsequently translated, and one of the buccaneers, Basil Ringrose, added a text to the compilation and information to the Spanish charts. The resulting atlas, consisting of 106 pages of charts and 106 pages of text, is published in full for the first time in this volume. Covering the coast from California to Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos, and Juan Fernandes, Basil Ringrose's south sea waggoner is a rich source of geographical information, with observations on navigational, physical, biological, and cultural features as well as on ethnography, customs, and folklore. After almost exactly three hundred years, this secret atlas is now made available to libraries and individuals. The editors have provided an extensive introduction on historical, geographical, and navigational aspects of the atlas, as well as annotations to the charts and text, and they have plotted the coverage of the charts on modern map bases. On July 29, 1681, a band of English buccaneers that had been terrorizing Spanish possessions on the west coast of the Americas captured a Spanish ship, from which they obtained a derrotero, or book of charts and sailing directions. When they arrived back in England, the Spanish ambassador demanded that the buccaneers be brought to trial. The derrotero was ordered to be brought to King Charles II, who apparently appreciated its great intelligence value. The buccaneers were acquitted, to the chagrin of the king of Spain, who had the English ambassador expelled from the court at Madrid on a seemingly trumped-up charge. The derrotero was subsequently translated, and one of the buccaneers, Basil Ringrose, added a text to the compilation and information to the Spanish charts. The resulting atlas, consisting of 106 pages of charts and 106 pages of text, is published in full for the first time in this volume. Covering the coast from California to Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos, and Juan Fernandes, Basil Ringrose's south sea waggoner is a rich source of geographical information, with observations on navigational, physical, biological, and cultural features as well as on ethnography, customs, and folklore. After almost exactly three hundred years, this secret atlas is now made available to libraries and individuals. The editors have provided an extensive introduction on historical, geographical, and navigational aspects of the atlas, as well as annotations to the charts and text, and they have plotted the coverage of the charts on modern map bases.
The Origin Of The Distinction Of Ranks; Or, An Inquiry Into The Circumstances Which Give Rise To Influence And Authority In The Different Members Of Society
Author: John MillarHereditary Genius
Author: Sir Francis GaltonPublisher:
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Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A History of Geographical Discovery in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Author: Edward HeawoodPublisher: Cambridge : University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description