ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION, 4 of 5 volumes:

1. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION TO 1800: a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800.

1184 pages, 2,327 articles in 1.2 million words, indexes of ships and persons (7,500 entries).

2. Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1800 to 1850: a comprehensive reference guide to the history and
literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850.

704 pages, 732 articles in about 700,000 words, indexes of ships and persons.

3. Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850 to 1940 The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions: a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in the oceans, the islands, New Zealand and the polar regions from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century.

724 pages, 524 articles in about 700,000 words, indexes of ships and person.

4. Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850 to 1940 Continental Exploration: a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century.

1047pages, 950 articles in about 1.2 million words indexes of articles and persons.

All very good copies in the original cloth and the dust jackets.

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The highly-regarded Encyclopedia of Exploration has since publication of the first part established itself as a unique and definitive work of reference. The first part covers the period to 1800. The second part continues the history of exploration, travel and colonization through the following fifty years. The third part covers the oceans, islands and polar regions for the final period 1850 to 1940. The fourth part deals with continental and land exploration for the same period. A fifth volume, not present here, deals with imaginary voyages and invented worlds.

Volume 1 includes the spoof article on Johann Friedrich Spassvogel (S155,page 986) is a pure product of Mr Howgego's imagination. Such a ploy has for many years been incorporated not only into works of this nature, but also into maps and illustrations, as a means of protecting copyright. But rarely is the student made aware of it, and even less often is a reward, other than that of the type given in heaven, offered for its identification.