Lives and exploits of the most distinguished voyagers, adventurers and discoverers in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the South Seas and Polar regions :

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Creator
St. John, James Augustus, 1801-1875, author
Murray, Hugh, 1779-1846.
Title
Lives and exploits of the most distinguished voyagers, adventurers and discoverers in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the South Seas and Polar regions : among which are those of Cooke [sic], Cavendish, Clapperton, Mackenzie, Park, Parry, Ross, Franklin, Lander, Denham, Dampier, Sir Francis Drake, Della Valle, Niebuhr, Sir John Chardin, &c., comprising an account of their voyages, journies, perils, sufferings and remarkable escapes, a description of their mode of travelling, a history of their most important discoveries and of the most interesting objects which came under their observation in every country
Published
Hartford [Conn.] : H. Huntington; 1840.
Identifier
oocihm.17659
17659
Subject
Adventure and adventures -- Biography.
Explorers -- Biography.
Aventures et aventuriers -- Biographies.
Explorateurs -- Biographies.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
"Illustrated by numerous engravings."
Half title: Voyagers and discoverers.
660 pages : illustrations, portraits.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.17659