An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India: and the Progress of Trade with That Country Prior to the Discovery O

Publisher Marketing: Title: An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India: and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope: with an appendix containing observations on the civil policy, the laws and judicial proceedings, the arts, the sciences, and religious institutions of the Indians. Author: William RobertsonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++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: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02872000CollectionID: CTRG99-B454PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Includes index. Collation: vi, [1], 384, [19] p.: maps; 23 cm Contributor Bio:  Robertson, William William Robertson was born in Tokyo, to United Church Missionary parents. He lived in Japan until he was seven, and then in various Canadian towns and cities until the family settled in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan.