AuthorBelknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.
TitleA 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 ... By Jeremy Belknap ...
PublishedPrinted at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall, State Street, 1792.
Description132 p. 21 cm.
Formatted NoteContents: A discourse on the discovery of America.--Ode for the 23d of October, 1792.--Dissertation I. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. Appendix: Table ... chronological detail of facts and opinions.--Dissertation II. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, to a discovery of America, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. Appendix: no. I. Letters from Paul a physician of Florence, to Christopher Columbus, concerning the discovery of the Indies. no. II. A chronological detail of discoveries made in the fifteenth century, connected with events in the life of Columbus.--Dissertation III. On the question, whether the honey bee is a native of America.--Dissertation IV. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent.
SubjectsAfrica -- Discovery and exploration.
America -- Antiquities.
America -- Discovery and exploration.
Bees.
Behaim, Martin, 1459?-1506.
Columbus, Christopher.
Discoveries (in geography)
Human skin color.
Imprints, Early -- American -- To 1820.
Other AuthorsToscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482.
LC Card Number02-7686
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: E 111 B432
mq44486: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
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