Bidspirit auction | CRONE (G.R.). THE DISCOVERY of

CRONE (G.R.). THE DISCOVERY of the East. London. 1972. - CRONE (G.R.) THE DISCOVERY of the East . London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. x, 178 pp.: il.; 225 mm. Gerald Roe Crone (1899–1982) was librarian and map curator of the Royal Geographical Society from 1945, and in 1966 received the Society's Victoria Medal for his contributions to the history of cartography and geographical thought. He translated and edited, for the Hakluyt Society, The Voyages of Cadamosto and other documents on Western Africa in the second half of the fifteenth century (1937). The Discovery of the East focuses on the opening of the sea route to the East, the work of the Portuguese pioneers, and the first contacts of the modern era between Europe and Asia. Transcontinental land routes and the exploration of the Pacific are only addressed insofar as they are relevant to this theme. The book is based primarily on contemporary accounts and travelers' narratives. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate