A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 1 Of 3 : In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed (Classic Reprint) by George Vancouver (2018, Hardcover)
Excerpt from A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 1 of 3: In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately SurveyedThe great naval powers of Europe, infpired with a delire not only of acquiring, but alfo of communicating, knowledge, had extended their refearches, in the 16th and 17th centuries, as far into the pacific ocean as their limited information of the geography of the earth, at that time, enabled them to penetrate. Some few attempts had alfo been made by this country towards the conclufion of each of thofe centuries; but it was not until the year 1764 that great-britain, benefiting by the ex perience of former enterprizes, laid the foundation for that valt accef lion of geographical knowledge, which fhe has fince obtained by the perfevering fpirit of her fuccellive diftinguilhed circumnavigators.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
0364081082
ISBN-13
9780364081082
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Book Title
Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 1 Of 3 : In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed (Classic Reprint)
Author
George Vancouver
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Travel
Number of Pages
490 Pages
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9in
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1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
28.4 Oz
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