A general history of discoveries : and improvements, in useful arts, particularly in the great branches of commerce, navigation, and plantation, in all parts of the known world. A Work which may entertain the Curious with the view of their present State; prompt the indolent to retrieve those Inventions that are neglected, and animate the diligent to advance and perfect what may be thought wanting. To be continued Monthly. Numb. I. for October.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--History.

Commerce.

History.

Navigation--History.

Navigation.

Discoveries in geography.

Industrial arts--History.

Industrial arts.

Physical Description:

viii,72; pages, 2 unnumbered pages,73-152; pages, 2 unnumbered pages,153-232; pages, 2 unnumbered pages,233-307 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane, [1725-26]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe.

Issued in four monthly parts, for October, November, and December [1725], and January [1726]; each part has its own titlepage, but pagination and register are continuous.

The imprint of the fourth part reads: "printed for W. Mears, F. Clay, and D. Brown, and sold by J. Roberts".

Price from imprint: Price One-Shilling.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 476

English Short Title Catalog, T70339.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.