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Contains the translation and edition of chapters 1-40 of the
chronicle, continued in First Series 100. This is a new
print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in
1896.
This continues the translation and edtion of the chronicle from
First Series 95, with chapters 41-97, and 'an Introduction on the
early History of African Exploration, Cartography, etc.' This is a
new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published
in 1899.
Title: Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America ... Edited by
Edward John Payne ... Second edition. (With additional notes, maps,
etc., by C. Raymond Beazley. First series ... Hawkins, Frobisher,
Drake.).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Hakluyt, Richard;
Beazley, Charles Raymond; 1893 reissued 1907]. lvi. 280 p.; 8 .
10410.p.5.
Title: The Dawn of Modern Geography. A history of exploration and
geographical science from the Conversion of the Roman Empire to
A.D. 900 (c. A.D. 900-1260-c. A.D. 1260-1420) ... With
reproductions of the principal maps of the time.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural
world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies
of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are
regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism,
topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and
significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Beazley, Sir Charles Raymond 1897 3 vol.; 8 . 10002.r.6.
Title: The Dawn of Modern Geography. A history of exploration and
geographical science from the Conversion of the Roman Empire to
A.D. 900 (c. A.D. 900-1260-c. A.D. 1260-1420) ... With
reproductions of the principal maps of the time.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural
world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies
of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are
regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism,
topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and
significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Beazley, Sir Charles Raymond 1897 3 vol.; 8 . 10002.r.6.
Title: The Dawn of Modern Geography. A history of exploration and
geographical science from the Conversion of the Roman Empire to
A.D. 900 (c. A.D. 900-1260-c. A.D. 1260-1420) ... With
reproductions of the principal maps of the time.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural
world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies
of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are
regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism,
topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and
significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Beazley, Charles Raymond; 1897-1906. 3 vol.; 8 . 10002.r.6.
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Gomes Eanes de Zurara
(c.1410 1474) was a Portuguese writer appointed to chronicle the
life of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394 1460) and the expeditions
he sponsored. Zurara's chronicle of the discovery of Guinea
appeared in this two-volume English translation in 1896 1899. The
editors' preface includes an account of the voyages of exploration
along the African coast sponsored by Prince Henry until 1448,
together with biographical information about the author. Volume 2
contains chapters 41 97 of the Chronicle.
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Gomes Eanes de Zurara
(c.1410-1474) was a Portuguese writer appointed to chronicle the
life of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) and the expeditions
he sponsored. Zurara's chronicle of the discovery of Guinea
appeared in this two-volume English translation in 1896-1899. The
editors' preface includes an account of the voyages of exploration
along the African coast sponsored by Prince Henry until 1448,
together with biographical information about the author. Volume 1
contains chapters 1-40 of the Chronicle.
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