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A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus : delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event : to which are added four dissertations, connected with various parts of the discourse, connected with various parts of the discourse, viz. ...

by: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

Publication date: 1792

Topics: Bees, Human skin color, Indians of North America, Africa, America

Publisher: [Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall

Collection: wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries

Contributor: Wellcome Library

Language: English

Rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark

132 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

(from t.p.) 1. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- 2. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim to a discovery of America prior to that of Columbus, with a chronological detail of all the discoveries made in the 15th century -- 3. On the question, whether the honey-bee is a native of America? -- 4. On the colour of the native American and the recent population of this continent

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