A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. Volume 5 of 5 - Softcover

Burney, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1275841333 ISBN 13: 9781275841338

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean.

Author: James Burney

Publisher: 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.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP04010005

CollectionID: CTRG02-B556

PublicationDate: 18170101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Includes index.

Collation: 5 v. : ill., charts, maps ; 30 cm

About this title

Book Description:

James Burney (1750–1821) was an accomplished sailor best known for this monumental compilation of summaries of European voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean between 1492 and 1764, which were regarded as standard works for this subject during the nineteenth century. Volume 1 covers voyages between 1492 and 1574.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1275841333
• ISBN 13: 9781275841338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254