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, viz. 1. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. 2. An examination of the pretentions of Martin Behaim to a discovery of America prior to that of Columbus, with a chronological detail of all the discoveries made in the 15th century. 3. On the question, whether the honey-bee is a native of America? 4. On the colour of the native Americans and the recent population of this continent. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. [Six lines in Latin from Seneca].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.

Contributor:

Massachusetts Historical Society., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bees--Early works to 1800.

Human skin color--Early works to 1800.

Discoveries in geography--Early works to 1800.

America--Antiquities--Early works to 1800.

Africa--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.

America--Discovery and exploration--Centennial celebrations, etc--Early works to 1800.

Behaim, Martin, 1459-1507.

Columbus, Christopher--Anniversaries, etc.

Columbus, Christopher--Anniversaries, etc--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132, [4] p. )

Other Title:

Discourse, intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

"Ode for the 23d of October, 1792."--p. 56-58.

Advertisement for Belknap's works, "sold in Boston by James White; in Philadelphia by Thomas Dobson; and in London by Charles Dilly," p. [133-134].

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 24085

BAL, 931

Sabin, 4431

English Short Title Catalog, W20181.

OCLC:

642775519