Project Gutenberg 2017-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 206 Verne, Jules 1828 1905 Verne, Júlio Verne, Jules Gabriël Verne, Jules Gabriel Verne, Gyula Philippoteaux, Paul 1846 1923 Philippoteaux, P. (Paul) Les grands navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9couverte_de_la_terre:_Histoire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_des_grands_voyages_et_des_grands_voyageurs Produced by Claudine Corbasson, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Les grands navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle" by Jules Verne is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. This work explores the significant advancements and voyages undertaken by explorers in the 18th century, detailing their expeditions and contributions to geography and navigation during a transformative time in human exploration. At the start of the text, the author introduces the scientific and cartographic progress made during the 18th century, emphasizing the crucial role of astronomers and geographers such as Cassini, Picard, and Maupertuis in rectifying earlier errors in navigation and cartography. The opening chapters outline significant astronomical observations and the monumental task of mapping France more accurately, which laid the groundwork for safer navigation. Additionally, Verne sets the stage for discussing various explorers and their endeavors, signaling a fascinating exploration of the challenges and achievements faced by these navigators as they expanded humanity's understanding of the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography Explorers G Text FR Voyages et pays FR Illustrateurs Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1287463 2025-06-22T09:49:44.292423 text/html 1253027 2024-10-23T02:49:55 text/html 24620205 2025-06-22T09:50:14.881267 application/epub+zip 24597425 2025-06-22T09:49:50.252401 application/epub+zip 557530 2025-06-22T09:49:46.585455 application/epub+zip 24843535 2025-06-22T09:50:30.997311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 23784841 2025-06-22T09:50:07.521352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 815511 2022-08-25T07:55:41.632701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1150341 2025-06-22T09:49:41.210427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1130380 2024-10-23T02:49:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18771 2025-06-22T09:50:31.337172 application/rdf+xml 11009 2025-06-22T09:49:46.751399 image/jpeg 1930 2025-06-22T09:49:46.670411 image/jpeg 24451216 2025-06-22T09:49:45.140415 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia pt.wikipedia