Daniel Defoe

A General History of Trade, and Especially Consider'd As It Respects the British Commerce, As Well at Home, As to All Parts of the World: with Essays Up Daniel Defoe

Publisher Marketing: Title: A general history of trade, and especially consider'd as it respects the British commerce, as well at home, as to all parts of the world: with essays upon the improvement of our trade in particular: to be continued monthly. Author: Daniel DefoePublisher: 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: SABCP01315600CollectionID: CTRG94-B2982PublicationDate: 17130101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. (Cf. Moore, J. R. Defoe (1971 ed.) p. 104). First of 4 installments issued monthly June-September 1713 (Cf. Moore, 260). Collation: 45 p.; 18 cm. (8vo) Contributor Bio:  Defoe, Daniel Born in 1660 in London, England, DANIEL DEFOE led an interesting and complicated life. He once owned a haberdashery (or hat shop), served as an advisor to King William, became quite wealthy, lost his fortune, served several months in prison for religious and political dissent for his writings, and spent much of his later life avoiding debt collectors. However, in 1716, he published Robinson Crusoe, a literary masterpiece that proved immediately popular for its adventurous and creative storytelling. While he died penniless in 1731, Defoe's books are still read by people all over the world.