Major Facts in Geography History - Complete 5-Vol Set

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DUSSIEUX (Louis-Etienne) Les Grands faits de l'histoire de la géographie. Collection of documents intended as a complement to geographic studies. Paris, Victor Lecoffre, 1882-1883. 5 volumes in-12, cardboard binding (boards well worn, interiors well preserved). Complete series of this title parallel to the Grands faits de l'histoire de France (1860-1861) by the same author, devoted to discoveries and the cartography that resulted from them. Louis-Etienne Dussieux (1815-1894) was essentially a quality popularizer, and his works remain worth consulting. Vol. I: Antiquity and Middle Ages (VII-420 pp.). - Vol. II-III: Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (407 and 444 pp.). - Vol. IV: Seventeenth Century (416 pp.). - Vol. V: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (491 pp.).