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Sydney.
Hordern House.
2008.
1047 pages, 950 articles in about 1.2 million words, indexes of articles and persons, bibliographies, Quarto format (280 x 210 mm), bound in Saifu cloth, with colour dustjacket. Signed by the author. This is the long awaited final volume of Raymond John Howgego's extraordinary reference work on world exploration. There is quite honestly no work on this subject which comes close to the scope and scholarship of this set. It is a breathtaking set! The four volume Encyclopedia of Exploration by Raymond John Howgego is destined to become the standard work of reference for the history of world exploration, travel and colonisation. The vast scope of the Encyclopedia of Exploration makes it a work unlike any other in its combination of historical, biographical and bibliographical data. Complete in four parts (Part 1: to 1800, Part 2: 1800 to 1850, Part 3: 1850 to 1940 (Oceans) and Part 4: 1850 to 1940 (Continental) it includes a catalogue of all known expeditions, voyages and travels for the periods covered, as well as biographical information on the travellers themselves, which places them in their historical context. Fifteen years in the making, the Encyclopedia of Exploration will certainly be the first port-of-call for researchers, students, historians, collectors, librarians - all those who need to know about the subject. It has been a massive undertaking resulting in a work that extends to almost 3 million words in more than 2500 pages. More than 3500 major articles have generated index entries totalling more than 15,000 names of persons or ships mentioned in the text. Within the text itself there are about 10,000 cross-references between articles. Altogether nearly 50,000 bibliographical citations accompany the articles. Ray Howgego's name is familiar to researchers in the field of exploration and discovery, and a number of his earlier articles have appeared on the Internet. The project for a major reference work first started as a catalogue of expeditions, voyages and travels, but its scope was soon extended to include biographical information on the travellers themselves, and often their historical background. At the same time a record of bibliographical references, both major and minor, was undertaken. A considerable quantity of information in this book is presented here for the first time in English. The publication of each volume has been met with high praise from reviewers (and our own customers!). We can quite safely state that it is a set that no library or person interested in exploration can afford to be without. Part 1 was selected by the Spectator magazine as one of their Books of the Year for 2003 and rated "Highly Recommended: all collections" by Choice magazine in the USA. In 2004 the work to that date received the 'Outstanding Academic Title' award and has since then continued to draw praise from all reviewers worldwide. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122445)
ISBN: 9781875567423
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