"This edition is a welcome and handy reference to the major
explorations, written by one of the most eminent historians of the
century."--Bookman's Weekly
"The best of [Morison's classic] accounts of the first voyages to
North and South America were distilled...into this nicely
illustrated abridgement."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"In this magisterial work, the late Samuel Eliot Morison presents
the voyages of the Cabots, Gilbert, Frobisher, Columbus, Magellan,
Drake, and others. This paperback is chock full of maps, seafaring
techniques, and all the excitement of a good adventure
yarn."--Cultural Information Service
On The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages: "What a
story! And how worthily the writer tells it!...To read this book is
to be a privileged passenger on the bridge beside a master mariner
who...imparts the wisdoms of the deep in tones of a salty
tang--brisk, skeptical, yet always measured."--The New York Times
Book Review
"One of the most readable and gripping histories in
decades."--Boston Globe
"It is in all ways admirable, written with wit and easy
scholarship, and loaded with maps and pictures....[Morison] at his
entertaining best."--The New Yorker
"This is a great book by a great historian."--Virginia Quarterly
Review
On The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages: "An
epic work of true grandeur."--Journal of Southern History
"Dazzling."--The New Yorker.
"An exemplary work of historical writing."--Newsweek.
"With this volume, Admiral Morison climaxes a historian's career
which itself merits a place in history....Morison is one of those
adventuring originals who have the courage to see the past their
own way and the power to give the past new life by making it more
personal than ever before."--The New York Times.
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