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The English explorers : comprising details of the more famous travels, by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone : with chapter on Arctic explorations

Title
The English explorers : comprising details of the more famous travels, by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone : with chapter on Arctic explorations / edited by Robert Cochrane ; map and portraits.
Publication
Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo & Co., 1879.

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Additional Authors
  • Cochrane, Robert.
  • Mandeville, John, Sir.
  • Bruce, James, 1730-1794.
  • Park, Mungo, 1771-1806.
  • T. and A. Constable, printer.
  • William P. Nimmo & Co., publisher.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
2 preliminary leaves, 639 pages : frontispiece (portraits), map; 18 cm
Subject
  • Voyages and travels
  • Explorers
  • Explorers > Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – Scotland – Edinburgh – 1879.
Note
  • Added illustrated title-page.
Provenance (note)
  • Dufferin House bookplate, on upper pastedown, for an acknowledgment of merit. Book awarded to Jessie Edmiston for conduct on June 29th 1881.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's gilt, black and blind stamped decorative red cloth boards and spine ; with all gilt edges.
Contents
Arctic explorations (p. 17-41).
Call Number
*KH 1879 English 15-998
OCLC
29994105
Title
The English explorers : comprising details of the more famous travels, by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone : with chapter on Arctic explorations / edited by Robert Cochrane ; map and portraits.
Imprint
Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo & Co., 1879. (Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable, printers to the Queen, and to the University)
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Dufferin House bookplate, on upper pastedown, for an acknowledgment of merit. Book awarded to Jessie Edmiston for conduct on June 29th 1881. NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's gilt, black and blind stamped decorative red cloth boards and spine ; with all gilt edges. NN
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Added Author
Cochrane, Robert.
Mandeville, John, Sir.
Bruce, James, 1730-1794.
Park, Mungo, 1771-1806.
T. and A. Constable, printer.
William P. Nimmo & Co., publisher.
Children's Room Collection.
Other Form:
Online version: Cochrane, Robert. English explorers comprising details of the more famous travels, by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone. Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo & Co., 1879 (OCoLC)678756709
Research Call Number
*KH 1879 English 15-998
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