Project Gutenberg 2004-09-06 Public domain in the USA. 160 Kerr, Robert 1755 1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Produced by Robert Connal, Paul Ereaut and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14" by Robert Kerr is a historical collection crafted in the early 19th century. This volume focuses on the significant voyages made in an attempt to explore the Southern Hemisphere, particularly those led by Captain James Cook, detailing the era's maritime endeavors and discoveries during the 18th century. The opening of the book sets the stage for an account of Cook's voyage towards the South Pole, outlining the scientific and exploratory motivations behind the expedition. It describes the extensive planning and preparations made for the voyage, including the equipment of two ships, the Resolution and the Adventure, and the careful selection of crew members tasked with gathering important scientific observations. This introduction emphasizes the historical context of exploration prompted by previous navigators, highlighting both the challenges and the ambitions that fueled such journeys into the largely uncharted southern seas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Voyages and travels G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1357010 2025-08-06T05:15:08.628380 text/html 1333064 2024-10-28T20:21:26 text/html 590126 2025-08-06T05:15:21.184359 application/epub+zip 613510 2025-08-06T05:15:12.311428 application/epub+zip 579198 2025-08-06T05:15:10.999414 application/epub+zip 1108235 2025-08-06T05:15:28.637311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1076648 2025-08-06T05:15:20.322371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1029500 2022-09-07T01:53:49.605222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1349924 2025-08-06T05:15:07.518435 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1329951 2024-10-28T20:21:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15977 2025-08-06T05:15:28.761280 application/rdf+xml 25367 2025-08-06T05:15:11.508421 image/jpeg 4880 2025-08-06T05:15:11.255368 image/jpeg 585421 2025-08-06T05:15:08.730402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia