A Life Of John Davis, The Navigator, 1550 - 1605, discoverer of Davis Strait. (The Worldss Great Explorers And Explorations)
by Clements B. Markham, C.B., F.R.S
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: George Philip & Son, 1891. Book. Good. Green Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 301, 4, [4] pages, frontispiece, b/w plates, folding coloured maps, text illustrations. Ex-library copy in a green buckram binding. John Davis (c.?1550 - 1605) was one of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He led several voyages to discover the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to the East Indies. He discovered the Falkland Islands in August 1592..
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- Bookseller
- Tinakori Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011467
- Title
- A Life Of John Davis, The Navigator, 1550 - 1605, discoverer of Davis Strait. (The Worldss Great Explorers And Explorations)
- Author
- Clements B. Markham, C.B., F.R.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- George Philip & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Arctic, William Baffin, John Cabot, Thomas Cavendish, Dartmouth, Sir Francis Drake, Greenland, Henry Hudson, Labrador, Magellan Strait, navigation, Sir Walter Raleigh,
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...