Kerr's Voyages 1

Robert Kerr (1755-1813), grandson of the 1st Marquis of Lothian, was an independent scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society. As well as his outstanding achievement in assembling his General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, his literary works include translations of Lavoisier, Berthollet and Linnaeus, as well as a translation of Baron Georges Cuvier's Essay on the Theory of the Earth.

CONTENTS

Selected Contents

Discoveries in the time of Alfred, King of England, in the ninth century:
Travels of two Mahometans into India and China in the ninth century;
Travels of an Englishman into Tartary, and thence into Poland, Hungary and Germany in 1243
Travels of Marco Polo through Tartary
Travels of Sir John Mandeville into the East
Travels of the Ambassadors of Mirza Shah Rokh, King of Persia, from Herat to Khanbalek in Kathay in 1419
Travels of Josphat Barbaro, Ambassador from Venice to Tanna
Account of various early pilgrimages from England to the Holy Land
Account of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands
The Journey of Ambrose Contarini, Ambassador from the republic of Venice, to Uzun-Hassan, King of Persia
Voyages of discovery by the Portuguese along the western coast of Africa under the direction of Don Henry
History of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portuguese
Voyages and Travels in Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia and India by Ludovico Verthema in 150s
Early English Voyages to Guinea and others parts of the coast of Africa
Embassy of Mr Edmund Hogan to Morocco
Voyage of Sir Francis Drake in 1585 to the West Indies
Brief account of the expedition of the Spanish Armada
Valiant sea fight by ten merchant ships from London against twelve Spanish galleys in the Straits of Gibraltar
The taking of two Spanish ships, laden with quicksilver and the Popes bulls, by Captain Thomas White
Sea fight near the Azores, written by Sir Walter Raleigh
Early voyages of the English to India after the establishment of the East India Company