Project Gutenberg 2004-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 113 Kerr, Robert 1755 1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Robert Connal, Graeme Mackreth and PG Distributed Proofreaders Updated: 2022-11-24. "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08" by Robert Kerr is a historical account written during the early 19th century. The work serves as a thorough compilation detailing the history of navigation, discovery, and commerce from ancient times up to its contemporary period, highlighting various expeditions and significant voyages undertaken by English explorers to the East Indies and beyond. The opening of this volume begins with the early voyages of English merchants, notably chronicling John Eldred's journey from London to Tripoli in Syria and onward to Baghdad and Basora in 1583. Eldred's travels illustrate the trade routes and interactions between English merchants and various cultures while providing vivid descriptions of the cities, peoples, and commodities encountered along the way. The rich detail in his narrative not only sheds light on the geographical landscapes of the time but also the economic exchanges and challenges faced by early explorers in their pursuit of trade in the East Indies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels G Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1282019 1282020 2024-10-06T07:41:55.240939 2023-10-06T08:57:21.113726 text/html text/html 1286490 2022-11-24T12:20:49 text/html 571982 2024-10-06T07:42:09.679329 application/epub+zip 589975 2024-10-06T07:41:59.479893 application/epub+zip 553540 2024-10-06T07:41:57.961909 application/epub+zip 1070697 2024-10-06T07:42:18.019317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1062765 2024-10-06T07:42:08.665398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 990388 2022-08-06T18:13:45.221478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1249569 1249597 2024-10-06T07:41:53.666915 2023-10-06T08:57:19.737703 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1249231 2022-11-24T12:22:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19308 2024-10-06T07:42:18.183285 application/rdf+xml 25320 2024-10-06T07:41:58.540891 image/jpeg 4895 2024-10-06T07:41:58.252899 image/jpeg 460544 2022-11-24T12:23:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 466551 2022-11-24T12:23:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 567416 2024-10-06T07:41:55.348922 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia