A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 - Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the - Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, -
Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813
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A
GENERAL
HISTORY AND COLLECTION
OF
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,
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.
BY
ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. II.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:
AND T. CADELL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
PART I.--(Continued.)
Voyages and Travels of Discovery, from the Era of Alfred, King ofEngland, in the Ninth Century, to the Era of Don Henry, Prince ofPortugal, at the commencement of the Fifteenth Century.
CHAPTER XX.
Account of various early Pilgrimages from England to the HolyLand, between the years 1097, and 1107.
CHAPTER XXI.
Discovery of Madeira
CHAPTER XXII.
Account of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands
PART II.
General Voyages and Travels, chiefly of Discovery; from the era ofDon Henry Prince of Portugal, in 1412, to that of George III. in1760.
BOOK I.
History of the Discoveries of the Portuguese along the Coast ofAfrica, and of their Discovery of and Conquests in India, from 1412to 1505[A]
[A] This title was omitted to be inserted in its properplace, and may be supplied in writing on the blank page opposite topage 23 of this volume.
CHAPTER I.
Summary of the Discoveries of the World, from their firstoriginal, to the year 1555, by Antonio Galvano
CHAPTER II.
Journey of Ambrose Contarini, Ambassador from the Republic ofVenice, to Uzun-Hassan King of Persia, in the years 1473, 4, 5, and6; written by himself
CHAPTER III.
Voyages of Discovery by the Portuguese along the Western Coast ofAfrica, during the life, and under the direction of Don Henry
CHAPTER IV.
Original Journals of the Voyages of Cada Mosto, and Pedro deCintra, to the Coast of Africa; the former in the years 1455 and1406, and the latter soon afterwards
CHAPTER V.
Continuation of the Portuguese Discoveries along the Coast ofAfrica, from the death of Don Henry in 1463, to the Discovery of theCape of Good Hope in 1486
CHAPTER VI.
History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portuguese,between the years 1497 and 1505, from the original Portuguese ofHernan Lopez de Castaneda
CHAPTER VII.
Letters from Lisbon in the beginning of the Sixteenth Century,respecting the then recent Discovery of the Route by Sea to India,and the Indian trade
Note . In p. 292 of this volume, 1, 2 and 18, the date of1525 ought to have been 1505.
PART I. (CONTINUED.)
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF DISCOVERY, FROM THE ERA OF ALFRED, KING OFENGLAND, IN THE NINTH CENTURY; TO THE ERA OF DON HENRY, PRINCE OFPORTUGAL, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Account of Various early Pilgrimages fromEngland to the Holy Land; between the years 1097 and1107 [1].
[1] Hakluyt, I. p. 44. et sequ.
INTRODUCTION.
The subsequent account of several English pilgrimages to the HolyLand.
SECTION I.
The Voyage of Gutuere, or Godwera, an English Lady, towards theHoly Land, about 1097.
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