A History of Geographical Discovery
In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

This 1912 volume calls for a revision of the view that the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had relatively few 'Great Geographic Discoveries'.

Edward Heawood (Author)

9781107600492, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 January 2012

500 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.54 kg

First published in 1912, this book documents the main geographical discoveries of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries following the decline of Portugal and Spain, when the main outlines of the world map were completed by their successors among the nations of Europe. The aim of the volume is to look at significant episodes and benchmarks of discoveries in these centuries, arranged into periods by region rather than into chronological world-view, so that the position of each separate achievement can be seen in relation to the general advancement of geographical knowledge.

Introduction
1. The Arctic regions, 1550–1625
2. The East Indies, 1600–25
2. The East Indies, 1600–1700
3. Australia and the Pacific, 1605–42
4. North America, 1600–1700
5. Northern and Central Asia, 1600–1750
6. Africa, 1600–1700
8. The South Seas, 1650–1750
9. The Pacific Ocean, 1764–80
10. Russian discoveries in the North-East, 1700–1800
11. The Northern Pacific, 1780–1800
12. The Southern Pacific, 1786–1800
13. The French and British in North America, 1700–1800
14. Spanish and Portuguese America, 1700–1800
Conclusion
Supplementary notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]