A Voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui Archipelago, Lying on
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Forrest, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination ong>toong> preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions ong>toong> preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible ong>toong> libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social hisong>toong>ry, this collection spans the world as it was known ong>toong> eighteenth-century hisong>toong>rians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, hisong>toong>ries of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional ong>toong>ol in helping ong>toong> insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTIncludes the text of 'A treatise on the monsoons in East India'.London: sold by J. Robson, I. Owen, and Balfour, Edinburgh, ], x,]p., plates: maps, music; 4