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William Desborough Cooley (1795-1883) was a geographer and historian, the author of a collection of influential texts on the development of geographical study, and a key founding member of the Hakluyt Society. First published as a complete set in 1831 as part of Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, this is the history in three volumes of the development of the geographical sciences through travel and exploration. Each volume is divided chronologically by historical era, tracing the pursuit of geographical discovery by both land and sea from the Roman Empire to the Himalayan expeditions of the early nineteenth century. Featuring a comprehensive index, this expertly compiled reference text will aid any study of the history of travel and exploration. This third volume includes a detailed section on scholarly contributions to contemporary geographical study. It also features accounts of the voyages of Captain Cook and Alexander von Humboldt.
Llegir més - Autor/a William Desborough Cooley
- ISBN13 9781108011679
- ISBN10 1108011675
- Pàgines 408
- Any Edició 2010
- Fecha de publicación 20/05/2010
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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History of Maritime and Inland Discovery (Alemany, Francès)
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- William Desborough Cooley
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- Cambridge University Press (2010)
- 9781108011679



