A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus : delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event : to which are added four dissertations, connected with various parts of the discourse ... / by Jeremy Belknap, D.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.

Contributor:

Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Columbus, Christopher.

Behaim, Martin, 1459-1507.

Behaim, Martin.

Discoveries in geography.

Bees.

Human skin color.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Africa--Discovery and exploration.

Africa.

America--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Dickson, Samuel (donor)

Harris, Joseph S. (donor)

Rosengarten, J.G. (donor)

Physical Description:

132 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall, 1792.

Contents:

A discourse on the discovery of America

Ode for the 23d of October, 1792

Dissertation I. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. Appendix: Table ... chronological detail of facts and opinions

Dissertation II. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, to a discovery of America, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. Appendix: no. I. Letters from Paul a physician of Florence, to Christopher Columbus, concerning the discovery of the Indies. no. II. A chronological detail of discoveries made in the the fifteenth century, connected with events in the life of Columbus

Dissertation III. On the questions, whether the honey bee is a native of America

Dissertation IV. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent.

Notes:

Signatures: [A]4, B-R4.

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [1]-[2] at the end.

Cited in:

Evans 24085

BAL 931

OCLC:

173492082