The Progress of Maritime Discovery : From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Forming an Extensive System of Hydrography

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James Stanier Clarke (c.1766–1834) was a chaplain and naval author. This volume, first published in 1803, contains Clarke's study of early navigational methods and naval history. Arranged chronologically according to civilisation or country, this volume describes the navigational methods and discoveries of early Mediterranean societies until 1498.