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Richard Henry Major

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Born 1818
Died 1891

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  • Cover of: The life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed the Navigator, and its results: comprising the discovery, within one century, of half the world -- With-- the history of the naming of America.

    Cover of edition lifeofprincehenr0000majo First published in 1868 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Early voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia: a collection of documents, and extracts from early manuscript maps. illustrative of the history of discovery on the coasts of that vast island, from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the time of Captain Cook.

    First published in 1859 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The true date of the English discovery of the American continent under John and Sebastian Cabot

    First published in 1870 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The bibliography of the first letter of Christopher Columbus: describing his discovery of the new world.

    First published in 1872 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: India in the fifteenth century: being a collection of narratives of voyages to India in the century preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope : from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian sources, now first translated into English

    First published in 1857 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: India in the fifteenth century: being a collection of narratives of voyages to India in the century preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian sources

    First published in 1857 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Descobrimento da Australia pelos Portuguezes em 1601: cinco annos antes do mais antigo até hoje conhecido ...

    First published in 1863 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The bibliography of the first letter of Christopher Columbus, describing his discovery of the New World.

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Descobrimento da Australia pelos portuguezes em 1601, cinco annos antes do mais antigo at'e hoje conhecido, e argumentos tendentes a mostrar que esta nacao j'a conhecia aquelle continente na primeira parte do seculo XVI

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  • Cover of: The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results: Being the ...

    First published in 1877 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results: Being the Narrative of the ...

    First published in 1877 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: India in the fifteenth century, being a collection of narratives of voyages to India: in the century preceding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian sources, now first translated into English.

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: India In The Fifteenth Century (N)

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memoir of a mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci: being the earliest map hitherto known containing the name of America, now in the Royal Collection of Windsor

    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Vida do infante D. Henrique de Portugal, appellidado o Navegador, e seus resultados: comprehendendo o descobrimento, no espaço de um seculo, de metade do mundo ... com a historia do nome da America, conforme documentos authenticos contemporaneos

    First published in 1876 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: India in the fifteenth century: being a collection of narratives of voyages to India, in the century preceeding the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope ; from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian sources, now first translated into English

    First published in 1857 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memoir on a mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci, being the earliest map hitherto known containing the name of America: now in the royal collection at Windsor

    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Life of Prince Henry of Portugal: Surnamed the Nabigator and Its Results

    First published in 2020 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The voyages of the Venetian brothers Zeno to the northern seas in the fourteenth century

    First published in 1875 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator: and their results : being the narrative of the discovery by sea, within one century, of more than half the world

    First published in 1877 — 1 edition
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Born 1818
Died 1891

Subjects

Discoveries in geography, Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Discovery and exploration, Découvertes géographiques, Portuguese, Bibliography, Biography, Découverte et exploration, Early works to 1800, Explorers, History, Princes, Biographies, Cartography, Découverte et exploration portugaises, Découvertes géographiques portugaises, Early maps, English, Expéditions d'exploration, Facsimiles, General, HISTORY, Histoire, Maps

Places

India, America, Australia, Portugal

People

Christopher Columbus, Henry Infante of Portugal (1394-1460), Antonio Zeno (d. ca. 1405), John Cabot (d. 1498?), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Niccolò Zeno (d. ca. 1395), Nicolò de Conti, Sebastian Cabot (ca. 1474-1557)

Time

1498-1761, 15th cent

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 7, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import