The Voyages William Baffin, 1612-1622: Edited, With Notes and an Introduction. E-book. Formato PDF - 9780259674245

Un ebook di Clements R. Markham edito da Forgotten Books, 2017

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The Voyages William Baffin, 1612-1622: Edited, With Notes and an Introduction. E-book. Formato PDF ebook di Clements R. Markham

William Baffin, the narratives of whose voyages are now for the first time collected in a single volume, occupies a deservedly high place in the list of our early navigators. Although he is only known to us during the last twelve years of his life, and his previous history is an absolute blank, yet the record of those later achievements secures for him an honourable niche in England's temple of fame. He was a daring seaman, a scientific observer, and a great discoverer.

I propose, in this Introduction, to consider Baffin's position successively in those three capacities. But it will, I believe, be alike an act of justice to those who enabled Baffin to perform his work, and conducive to a more thorough appreciation of that work, if I devote my opening pages to a notice of the grand old Merchant Adventurers, who were the munificent patrons of discovery during the Elizabethan age.

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Titolo: The Voyages William Baffin, 1612-1622: Edited, With Notes and an Introduction. E-book. Formato PDF
Autore: Clements R. Markham
Editore: Forgotten Books
Data di Pubblicazione: 27 Ottobre '17
Formato: PDF
Protezione: nessuna
ISBN-13: 9780259674245