Captain Basil Halls Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. They are of a no miscellaneous character, dealing with almost every conceivable topic bearing upon life at sea, arranged with little idea of order. As it was impossible to reprint the whole of the work in this series, it was decided to select what appeared to be most entertaining portion, the authors experiences in India, Ceylon and Borneo. The present work, therefore, comprises chapters i, vi, and vii of Volume n of the Second Series, ...
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Captain Basil Halls Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. They are of a no miscellaneous character, dealing with almost every conceivable topic bearing upon life at sea, arranged with little idea of order. As it was impossible to reprint the whole of the work in this series, it was decided to select what appeared to be most entertaining portion, the authors experiences in India, Ceylon and Borneo. The present work, therefore, comprises chapters i, vi, and vii of Volume n of the Second Series, and Volume n of the Third Series of the Fragments.
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Fine. Unread. Binding is tight. No DJ. Previous owner inked name on front free page. Previous owner was Clarence J. Glacken. Clarence James Glacken (1909-1989) was Professor of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He was known for a 1967 magnus opus, Traces on the Rhodian Shore, that demonstrated how perceptions of the natural environment shaped the course of human events over millennia. He is recognized as a key contributor to the field of environmental history.
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1931 Rawlinson, HG ed CAPTAIN BASIL HALL; TRAVELS IN INDIA, CEYLON AND BORNEO The Broadway Travellers, edited by Sir E Denison Ross and Eileen Power London: George Routledge & Sons, c1931 272pp index, frontis portrait 8vo Red cloth Fine bright copy in VG+ d/w with large piece missing from lower edge of spine panel.
