The Story of Geographical Discovery
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Biology
| Author: | Joseph Jacobs | ISBN: | 1230000336895 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | April 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph Jacobs |
| ISBN: | 1230000336895 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | April 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In attempting to get what is little less than a history of the world, from a special point of view, into a couple of hundred duodecimo pages, I have had to make three bites at my very big cherry. In the Appendix I have given in chronological order, and for the first time on such a scale in English, the chief voyages and explorations by which our knowledge of the world has been increased, and the chief works in which that knowledge has been recorded.
In attempting to get what is little less than a history of the world, from a special point of view, into a couple of hundred duodecimo pages, I have had to make three bites at my very big cherry. In the Appendix I have given in chronological order, and for the first time on such a scale in English, the chief voyages and explorations by which our knowledge of the world has been increased, and the chief works in which that knowledge has been recorded.
