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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels (Vol. 1-18) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (Complete Edition)By Robert Kerr

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Robert Kerr's A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels is an ambitious eighteen-volume compendium that gathers narratives of discovery, conquest, commerce, and navigation into a grand historical architecture. Written and edited in the learned documentary style of early nineteenth-century scholarship, it draws upon earlier travel collections, explorers' journals, and colonial records, situating individual voyages within the expanding European understanding of geography, empire, and global exchange. Kerr, a Scottish surgeon, naturalist, translator, and prolific scientific editor, brought to the work the habits of classification and synthesis characteristic of Enlightenment inquiry. His background in science and his engagement with major European works of natural history and chemistry helped shape his desire to order scattered accounts of exploration into a coherent record of human movement, maritime enterprise, and cross-cultural encounter. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the history of exploration, imperial knowledge, and the literary construction of travel. Though marked by the assumptions of its age, it remains invaluable as a monumental archive of voyage literature, revealing how early modern and Enlightenment Europe imagined the wider world. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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Publish dateJul 1, 2020

LanguageEnglish

1Sir Francis Drake Revived (Annotated)

26GENERAL VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, CHIEFLY OF DISCOVERY FROM THE ERA OF DON HENRY, PRINCE OF PORTUGAL, IN 1412, TO THAT OF GEORGE III. IN 1760.

2Volume 1

27BOOK I.

3PREFACE.

28CHAPTER I. (pt. 1)

4PART I.

29CHAPTER I. (pt. 2)

5CHAPTER II.

30CHAPTER II. (pt. 1)

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6CHAPTER III.

31CHAPTER II. (pt. 2)

7CHAPTER IV.

32CHAPTER III.

8CHAPTER V.

33CHAPTER IV. (pt. 1)

9CHAPTER VIII.

34CHAPTER IV. (pt. 2)

10CHAPTER IX. (pt. 1)

35CHAPTER V.

11CHAPTER IX. (pt. 2)

36CHAPTER VI. (pt. 1)

12CHAPTER X.

37CHAPTER VI. (pt. 2)

13CHAPTER XI. (pt. 1)

38CHAPTER VI. (pt. 3)

14CHAPTER XI. (pt. 2)

39CHAPTER VI. (pt. 4)

15CHAPTER XII.

40CHAPTER VII.

16CHAPTER XIII.

41Volume 3

17CHAPTER XVI.

42PART II.

18CHAPTER XVIII.

43BOOK II.

19CHAPTER XIX.

44CHAPTER I. (pt. 1)

20Volume 2

45CHAPTER I. (pt. 2)

21VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF DISCOVERY, FROM THE ERA OF ALFRED, KING OF ENGLAND, IN THE NINTH CENTURY; TO THE ERA OF DON HENRY, PRINCE OF PORTUGAL, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

46CHAPTER I. (pt. 3)

22CHAPTER XX.

47CHAPTER I. (pt. 4)

23CHAPTER XXI.

48CHAPTER I. (pt. 5)

24CHAPTER XXII.

49CHAPTER II. (pt. 1)

25PART II.

50CHAPTER II. (pt. 2)