The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery

First published in 1831, this is the second volume of a detailed reference text charting the history of geographic exploration.

William Desborough Cooley (Author)

9781108013413, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 May 2010

380 pages
21.6 x 2.1 x 14 cm, 0.48 kg

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 second volume includes an account of the expeditions of Columbus, along with information on the settlement of North America and the first circumnavigation of the Earth in 1522.

Book IV. Modern Voyages of Discovery, from Columbus to Captain Cook: 1. Columbus
2. Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci
3. Early discoveries in America
4. Spanish discoveries, and first circumnavigation of the earth
5. Fernando Cortez
6. Conquest of Peru
7. Conquests of the Spaniards
8. Conquests of the Portuguese
9. Ferdinand Menez Pinto
10. Voyages to the north
11. Voyages to the north
12. Voyages to the north
13. Settlements in the east
14. Settlements in North America
15. Establishments in Africa
16. Voyages to the South Sea
17. Voyages to the South Sea
18. Voyages in the Pacific, and discovery of Australia
19. Expeditions of the buccaneers in the South Sea
20. Voyages of privateers and others to the South Sea
21. Discoveries of the Russians
22. Discoveries of the Russians.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]