An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators

Title: An historical account of all the voyages round the world performed by English navigators: including those lately undertaken by order of His present Majesty: the whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers: Drake, undertaken in 1577-80, Cavendish, 1586-88, Cowley, 1683-86 ...Author: David HenryPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01484104CollectionID: CTRG95-B134PublicationDate: 17730101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: ..". together with that of Sydney Parkinson, draftsman to Joseph Banks, Esq; who circumnavigated the globe with Capt. Cook, in His Majesty's ship the Endeavour. And the voyage of Mons. Bougainville round the world, performed by order of the French King. Illustrated with maps, charts, and historical prints ... To which is added, an appendix containing the journal of a voyage to the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge." Vol. 1-2 dated 1774, 3-4 dated 1773. "The first two volumes were compiled by David Henry; the third and fourth by another hand; to which, in 1775, Mr. Henry added a fifth, containing Capt. Cook's voyage in the Resolution; and in 1786, a sixth, containing the last voyage of Capt. Cook."--Halkett and Laing. The two last are usually not included in the set.Collation: 4 v.: ill.; 20 cm