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GENERAL HISTORY
and COLLECTION of VOYAGES
and TRAVELS, ARRANGED
in SYSTEMATIC ORDER:
Forming a Complete History of the Origin and
Progress
of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the
Earliest
Ages to the Present Time.
By
ROBERT KERR,
F.R.S. & F.A.S. Edin. (1755-1813) [*wiki*]
Published: 1811-1820's (14 vols.)
*Editor's note
by FWP*
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*Dedication*
*Preface*
*General
Plan
of the Work*
[*"the
latest and best map of India, Arrowsmith's"* (8:10:11)]
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*Part One*
--
Voyages
and Travels of Discovery in the middle ages; from the era of Alfred,
King
of England, in the ninth century, to that of Don Henry of Portugal at
the
commencement of the fourteenth century.
Part Two -- General
Voyages
and Travels chiefly of Discovery; from the era of Don Henry Prince of
Portugal,
in 1412, to that of George III in 1760:
*BOOK
ONE*
-- History of the Discoveries of the Portuguese
along
the Coast of Africa, and of their Discovery of and Conquests in India,
from 1412 to 1505.
*BOOK
TWO*
-- History of the Discovery of America, and of
some
of the Early Conquests in the New World.
*BOOK
THREE*
-- Continuation of the Discoveries and
Conquests
of the Portuguese in the East; together with some account of the early
voyages of other European Nations to India.
*BOOK
FOUR*
-- Early Circumnavigations, or Voyages
Round
the World.
Part Three -- Particular
Voyages and Travels arranged in systematic order, Geographical and
Chronological:
*BOOK
ONE*
-- An Account of the Voyages undertaken by
order of
his Majesty, George III, for making Discoveries in the Southern
Hemisphere.
*BOOK
TWO*
-- An Account of a Voyage towards the South
Pole,
and round the World, performed in his Majesty's ships the Resolution
and
Adventure, in the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook,
Commander
of the Resolution.
*BOOK
THREE*
-- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,
undertaken
by the Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern
Hemisphere;
to determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America,
its Distance from Asia, and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to
Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and
Gore,
in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776,
1777, 1778, 1779, & 1780.
[left incomplete at the author's death]
[Final volume: *Historical
sketch of the progress of discovery, navigation, and commerce, from the
earliest records to the beginning of the nineteenth century, by William
Stevenson*]
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*Volume
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*Volume
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*Volume
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