Author:Richard Henry Major

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Richard Henry Major
(1818–1891)
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British geographer and map librarian

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "R. H. M."

Richard Henry Major

Works

  • Notes Upon Russia (1851; translation of Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii by Sigismund von Herberstein)
  • Early Voyages to Terra Australis (1859) (page scan index)
  • Further Facts Relating To The Early Discovery Of Australia With Supplementary Observations On The Same Subject
  • The Discovery Of Australia By The Portuguese In 1601 (1861)
  • Memoir on a mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci, being the earliest map hitherto known containing the name of America
  • The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, Surnamed the Navigator, and its Results (1868)
  • The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers Nicolò and Antonio Zeno (1873)
  • India in the Fifteenth Century (transcription project)

Works about Major


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