Title: History of the voyages and discoveries made in the North. Author: Johann Reinhold Forster Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other ...
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Title: History of the voyages and discoveries made in the North. Author: Johann Reinhold Forster Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ 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: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP01199000 CollectionID: CTRG93-B4260 PublicationDate: 17860101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Spine title: Forster's voyages. Includes index. Collation: xvi, 489 p., [3] folded leaves of plates: maps; 28 cm
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Seller's Description:
Very good. 1st English Translation from the German. xvi, 489pp. + [16]pp. index and errata. Quarto. (22 X 29 cm. Bound in full contemporary calf. Rebacked to style with new calf spine. Spine ruled in 6 compartments with simple gilt and blind decoration. Red leather label. Gilt inner dentelles. Half-title. Three engraved folding maps by T. Bowen after Forster. Boards a bit rubbed, with scuffing to the back. Corners lightly bumped. Internally clean and an overall attractive copy. A.B. 5161-"Chronicle of northern hemispheric exploration from antiquity...which includes chapters on the voyages of principal seafaring countries, beginning in the 15th century". The first English edition of this cornerstone work on Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest and Northeast Passages. This work was first published in German in Frankfurt in 1784. The present edition was published simultaneously with an edition in Dublin. This work attempts to present the numerous expeditions for the discovery of the Northwest and Northeast Passages, beginning with the voyages of Cabot in 1497. This edition is complete with all three maps, comprising a polar projection, a map of Europe and a large folding chart of Asia.
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[6], xvi, 489, [8] pp. Quarto. (23 X 29.5 cm) Entirely untrimmed edges. Bound in old blue paper covered boards with old paper spine and new paper label. Original paper endpapers. Joints with professional repairs, very well done. Three engraved folding maps by T. Bowen after Forster. Internally generally very clean with a bit of marginal stains as to be expected. Overall attractive unsophisticated copy. A.B. 5161-"Chronicle of northern hemispheric exploration from antiquity...which includes chapters on the voyages of principal seafaring countries, beginning in the 15th century". The first English edition of this cornerstone work on Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest and Northeast Passages. This work was first published in German in Frankfurt in 1784. The present edition was published simultaneously with an edition in Dublin. This work attempts to present the numerous expeditions for the discovery of the Northwest and Northeast Passages, beginning with the voyages of Cabot in 1497. This edition is complete with all three maps, comprising a polar projection, a map of Europe and a large folding chart of Asia.
