Project Gutenberg 2004-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 412 Kerr, Robert 1755 1813 Stevenson, William 1772 1829 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Produced by Robert Connal 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 18" by Robert Kerr et al. is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This comprehensive work systematically explores the evolution of navigation, discovery, and commerce across both sea and land from ancient times through the early 19th century. The volume aims to detail the progression of human exploration and trade, highlighting significant commercial enterprises and discoveries that shaped the world. The opening of this volume presents an engaging preface and historical sketch that delves into the early interactions of ancient civilizations with maritime commerce, specifically focusing on the Phoenicians, Egyptians, and Israelites. It outlines the geographical contexts that influenced these nations' trading and navigational practices and reflects on the development of navigation as a science intertwined with commerce. The text emphasizes how early trade was a driving force behind the discovery of new lands and the establishment of routes, establishing a foundation for the more extensive accounts that will follow in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Voyages and travels G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other Category: History - Ancient 1698041 2025-08-06T06:16:06.853037 text/html 1675858 2024-10-28T20:36:43 text/html 705703 2025-08-06T06:16:21.808461 application/epub+zip 731161 2025-08-06T06:16:10.816041 application/epub+zip 678311 2025-08-06T06:16:09.403076 application/epub+zip 1301851 2025-08-06T06:16:30.774412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1276014 2025-08-06T06:16:20.883955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1035367 2022-09-07T03:10:22.705736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1670396 2025-08-06T06:16:05.110075 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1650436 2024-10-28T20:36:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17209 2025-08-06T06:16:30.909423 application/rdf+xml 25559 2025-08-06T06:16:09.928010 image/jpeg 4808 2025-08-06T06:16:09.666027 image/jpeg 697350 2025-08-06T06:16:06.971034 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 en.wikipedia