Stories of Voyages: Being Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Voyages from Columbus to ...
Publisher: J. A. Noble
Published: 1839
Number of pages: 315
Notes: "The narratives of the most celebrated navigators are here presented in a clear and abbreviated form. Scenes and occurrences of pre-eminent interest are selected, and all is dispensed with that would be liable to distract the attention of the reader, unnecessarily. ... Many names of towns and places are put in italics for the purpose of being referred to on the map."--Preface, p. [iii]-iv, signed and dated at Boston, 1833. Includes passages about James Cook and Alexander Selkirk.