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The Discovery of North America: A Critical, Documentary, and Historic Investigation, with an essay on the early cartography of the New World, including descriptions of two hundred and fifty maps or globes existing or lost, constructed before the year 1536; to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions,

By Henry Harrisse

Book information

Publisher
Stevens / Welter
Year
1892
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
69 MB (72021222 bytes)
Pages
804\897
Topic
Geography\\Geodesy. Cartography
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
age of discoveryAmerica

Description

London: H. Stevens; Paris: H. Welter, 1892. – 897 p.With An Essay on The Early Cartography of the New World, including Descriptions of Two Hundred and Fifty Maps or Globes Existing Or Lost, Constructed before the year 1536; to Which are added A Chronology of One Hundred Voyages Westward, Projected, Attempted, or Accomplished between 1431 and 1504; Biographical Accounts of the Three Hundred Pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a Copious List of the Original Names of American Regions, Caciqueships, Mountains, Islands, Capes, Gulfs, Rivers, Towns, and Harbours.

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