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A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly; Describing Their Situation, Number, Extent, ... Their Government, Laws, Customs, ... Illust (in English)
Robert Heath
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A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly; Describing Their Situation, Number, Extent, ... Their Government, Laws, Customs, ... Illust (in English) - Heath, Robert
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Synopsis "A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly; Describing Their Situation, Number, Extent, ... Their Government, Laws, Customs, ... Illust (in English)"
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.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++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 LibraryT132199In this issue, the "T" of "account" on the titlepage is printed straight, and the line beneath the author statement has a break in it. A variant has the "T" printed crooked, and no break in the line beneath the author statement. With an advertisement leLondon: printed for R. Manby and H.S. Cox, 1750. [4], viii, xvi, xiii, [1],456p., plates, table: ill., map, port.; 8
