A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 / Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.
This volume compiles detailed accounts of early global circumnavigations and long-distance maritime voyages, offering biographical introductions to commanders, stepwise narratives from departure to return, and reports of notable incidents, encounters, and outcomes. Organized into systematic sections, it covers preparations, passages through major straits and seas, shore transactions, shipboard conditions, engagements, and the homecoming of expeditions, alongside appended supplements and alternate reports. The text combines contemporary chronicles and compilations to trace routes, discoveries, and commercial interactions, and is supported by maps and charts that clarify geographical observations and navigational paths.
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This volume compiles detailed accounts of early global circumnavigations and long-distance maritime voyages, offering biographical introductions to commanders, stepwise narratives from departure to return, and reports of notable incidents, encounters, and outcomes. Organized into systematic sections, it covers preparations, passages through major straits and seas, shore transactions, shipboard conditions, engagements, and the homecoming of expeditions, alongside appended supplements and alternate reports. The text combines contemporary chronicles and compilations to trace routes, discoveries, and commercial interactions, and is supported by maps and charts that clarify geographical observations and navigational paths.
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