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This collection of narrative accounts of voyages to New England is basic for an understanding of how Englishmen began to explore that important territory. It includes Archer's …
This second volume of William Scoresby's journals contains the unpublished accounts of his three voyages in the Esk in 1814-16. As before, these lengthy journals combine scientific …
The 18th century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur …
Sir Walter Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco in search of the fabled empire of El Dorado was an immediate publishing success and is one of the most important …
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Pérouse, the …
During the second half of the 18th century, Britain and France despatched a number of major expeditions to the Pacific. The greatest contribution by far was that of James Cook, but …
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Pérouse, the …
In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished into the Arctic forever. Three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure …
Final volume of Ibn Battuta's narrative of his travels takes in Dihli to Kinbaya, south India, the Maldives, Ceylon, Coromandel, Malabar, Bengal and Assam, south-east Asia, China, …
Aims 'to draw together what earlier scholars, mostly Russian and Soviet, have uncovered and what interpretations and explanations they have advanced' concerning the voyage 'of a …