A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07

Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.8
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1.3M words
Chapters
128

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English Originals Historical Geography DiscoveryTravelogueAdventure JourneyMaritime ExplorationHistorical CompilationWorld OrderAge of ExplorationImperial ObservationsExotic CultureCross-Cultural View

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert KerrAuthor: Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813,Language: English, Class: G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation, Release Date: Aug 25, 2004

Editor's review

This is Volume 07 of Robert Kerr's multi-volume A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, released as an English-language eBook by Project Gutenberg. Kerr was a Scottish writer and scientific author of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; the work gathers accounts by voyagers and travelers across the ages and is a compilatory body of early modern European geographical knowledge and overseas observation, classed under geography, anthropology and recreation. Volume 07 follows the work's format, presenting ocean voyages and foreign explorations in the form of original accounts or extracts, and is of documentary value to readers studying the history of navigation, the history of geographical ideas and European perceptions of the wider world. As a public-domain electronic text it is easy to search and excerpt, but it lacks modern scholarly annotation and accompanying maps, so readers must supply geographical background themselves. On the whole it is a reference work for consultation as needed rather than continuous reading.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the general preface or the contents of earlier volumes first, to see where Volume 07 sits in the whole collection and what it covers.
  2. Keep a world map and a reference on the history of place names at hand, checking old against modern names as you read to reduce difficulty.
  3. Read by theme or by voyage rather than page by page; it can stay on the desk as a reference book for long-term use.

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FAQ

Can Volume 07 be read on its own? It can be dipped into on its own, but it is part of a multi-volume collection; it is best to understand the overall arrangement and the earlier volumes first, so you can judge where each account belongs.
Does this book have modern notes or maps? This is the public-domain English electronic text released by Project Gutenberg, without modern scholarly annotation or accompanying maps; readers need their own geographical reference works.
Is it suitable as source material for historical research? It is suitable as reference material for studying the history of navigation and of geographical ideas, but it is a compiled collection rather than a modern critical edition; when citing it, check the original sources and bear in mind the compiler's selections and the limits of his time.

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About the author

Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813 Author

Kerr, Robert (1755-1813) is an author included in the Chinese book database, whose biographical details remain limited in publicly available sources; what can be confirmed is that he left seventeen works. The representative works in the database center on the multi-volume series A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, covering several volumes from Volume 01 to Volume 15 and dealing with compilations of voyages, travel, and geographical exploration. Such works typically organize records of long-distance voyages and accounts of foreign lands across the ages, with narration leaning toward the retelling of historical sources and descriptions of journeys, and they bear a strong documentary and compilatory character. In the database's classification, his works fall under inspirational growth, which may relate to a reading orientation toward exploring the unknown and broadening one's horizons. Overall, he appears more a compiler than an original narrator, and his contribution lies in gathering scattered voyage and travel literature into collected volumes, making it easier for readers to understand early world transport and geographical knowledge.