Account Of The Life And Writings Of James Bruce Author Of Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile In The Years 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773

Download or read book Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce Author of Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772,& 1773 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Murray and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Account of the Life and Writings of James Bruce Author of Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772,& 1773 The following Account of the Life and Writings of Mr Bruce was prefixed to the second edition of his Travels, published in 1805. It is now reprinted in the quarto form, with considerable additions and emendations, for the use of those who possess only the first edition of his work, or may desire to know something of the personal history of a man, who obtained celebrity by exposing his life for the particular advancement of useful knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.