The progress of maritime discovery from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century : forming an extensive system of hydrography / by James Stanier Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, James Stanier, 1765?-1834.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Discoveries in geography--Portuguese.

Voyages and travels--Bibliography.

Voyages and travels.

Geography--Bibliography.

Geography.

Discoveries in geography--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, ccxxx, 491, 263 p., [8] leaves of plates (some fold.) ) ill., maps ;

Other Title:

Progress of maritime discovery from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803.

Notes:

"The discoveries of the world from their first original unto the year of our Lord 1555."--P. [3]-74, 4th count.

"Mr. Locke's History of navigation from its original to the year 1704 : with an explanatory catalogue of voyages, prefixed by that learned writer to Churchill's collection, in eight vols. Folio."--P. [75]-170, 4th count.

"An explanatory catalogue of voyages and geographical works."--P. 171-202, 4th count.

"Observations relative to the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope."--P. [203]-216, 4th count.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 13419.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Observations relative to the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope.

Galvão, António, d. 1557. Discoveries of the world from their first original unto the year of our Lord 1555.

Locke, John, 1632-1704. Mr. Locke's History of navigation from its original to the year 1704.

Locke, John, 1632-1704. Explanatory catalogue of voyages and geographical works.

OCLC:

10