The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T145600 London: printed for Thomas Cadell, 1780. xvi,464p., plate; 8°
Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers.
Examines England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 through a broad geographical and chronological framework, discussing its repercussions at home and abroad and why the subsequent ideological break with the past makes it the first modern ...
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On the day that Lee and Clinton arrived, Thomas Lynch called on William Smith. This fifty-one-year-old grandson of an Irish immigrant was one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. Yet his Irish ancestry had prompted him to take the ...
Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers.
Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers.
Elkins and McKitrick, Age of Federalism, p. 43. 7. Elizabeth W. Marvick, 'Family Imagery and Revolutionary Spirit: Washington's Creative Leadership', in Mark J. Rozell, William D. Pederson and Frank J. Williams (eds), George Washington ...
Explores the social, cultural, and political developments in France in the period before the Revolution
Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers.
This is the first publication of seventy-five letters from Francois de Callieres (1645-1717) to Marie de Bailleul.