A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Subtitle: delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event
By: To which are added four dissertations, connected with various parts of the discourse ... By Jeremy Belknap ...
Contributors: Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482
Publisher: Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall, State Street
Published: 1792
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Human skin color; Bees; Antiquities; Discovery and exploration
Table of contents: title: A discourse on the discovery of America.; title: Ode for the 23d of October, 1792.; title: Dissertation I. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. Appendix: Table ... chronological detail of facts and opinions.; title: Dissertation II. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, to a discovery of America, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. Appendix: no. I. Letters from Paul a physician of Florence, to Christopher Columbus, concerning the discovery of the Indies. no. II. A chronological detail of discoveries made in the fifteenth century, connected with events in the life of Columbus.; title: Dissertation III. On the question, whether the honey bee is a native of America.; title: Dissertation IV. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent.