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A friend of Sir Joseph Banks, and with scientific interests of his
own, the naval officer Constantine John Phipps (1744-92) was
appointed by the Admiralty in 1773 to command an Arctic expedition
in search of a passage to the Pacific. Among the crew was a young
Horatio Nelson and a freed slave, Olaudah Equiano, who became the
first African to visit the Arctic. Although unsuccessful in its
primary aim, the voyage is noteworthy for Phipps' description of
the polar bear as a distinct species, and for being a naval voyage
on which research was deemed as crucial as exploration. Following
the publication of this account in 1774, the Gentleman's Magazine
commented that 'there has not appeared a voyage in any language so
replete with nautical information, nor in which the mariner and
philosopher can find such liberal entertainment'. Illustrated
throughout, the work includes a substantial appendix containing the
scientific data.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++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 LibraryT152604The final leaf
numbered 253 is a folding table. With a half-title and a final leaf
containing 'Directions to the bookbinder'.London: printed by W.
Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774. viii,253, 3]p., plates;
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on
English life and social history, this collection spans the world as
it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles
include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of
nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world
that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American
Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side
of conflict. ++++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 LibraryT110306With a
half-title. Some of the tables are numbered as pages.Dublin:
printed for Messrs. Sleater, Williams, Wilson, Husband, Walker, and
Jenkin, 1775. viii,275, 1]p., plates and tables: maps; 8
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