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Esta obra (libro de tapa dura) forma parte de la linea TREDITION
CLASSICS en la cual la editorial tredition de Hamburgo esta
publicando obras de los ultimos dos milenios que ya estan
descatalogadas y solo pueden encontrarse en anticuarios. Esta linea
quiere preservar la literatura y proteger la cultura para que miles
de libros no se pierdan en el olvido. Con la linea TREDITION
CLASSICS nos hemos propuesto reeditar miles de escritores clasicos
de la literatura mundial en diversos idiomas para hacerles
disponibles universalmente.
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: ++++<sourceLibrary>British
Library<ESTCID>T145289<Notes>Edited by William
Combe.<imprintFull>Hereford: printed by C. Pugh; and sold by
T. Lewis, London, 1774. <collation> 4], iv,144p., plates:
maps; 4
Thomas Falkner (1707 84), one-time pupil of both Richard Mead and
Isaac Newton, was an English Jesuit missionary who lived for nearly
forty years in South America until 1767, when he returned to
England following the Jesuits' expulsion from Cordoba. Originally
published in 1774 in the hope that it 'might be of some public
utility, and might also afford some amusement to the curious', this
is a first-hand description of Patagonia, believed to have been
consulted by Charles Darwin on board the Beagle. Illustrated with a
map drawn from the author's knowledge and experience, it is an
account of the dramatic physical geography of the area as well as
the customs, beliefs and language of its inhabitants. Falkner's
narrative ranges from a discussion of the virtues of American tea
(in certain particulars 'far excelling the tea of China') to a
detailed depiction of the role of wizards and rituals involving
demons.
Esta obra forma parte de la linea TREDITION CLASSICS en la cual la
editorial tredition de Hamburgo esta publicando obras de los
ultimos dos milenios que ya estan descatalogadas y solo pueden
encontrarse en anticuarios. Esta linea quiere preservar la
literatura y proteger la cultura para que miles de libros no se
pierdan en el olvido. Con la linea TREDITION CLASSICS nos hemos
propuesto reeditar miles de escritores clasicos de la literatura
mundial en diversos idiomas para hacerles disponibles
universalmente.
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