by Eusebius/Hieronymus (2017)
"Um 300 n. Chr. verfasste Eusebius von Caesarea ein Verzeichnis der biblischen Ortsnamen. Darin listete er knapp 1000 Orte der Heiligen Schrift in alphabetischer Reihenfolge und geordnet nach biblischen Büchern auf. Etwa 90 Jahre später übersetzte und erweiterte Hieronymus, seit 386 selbst im Heiligen Land ansässig, dieses »geographische Bibellexikon«. Diese Fassung liegt nun erstmals in deutscher Sprache und ausführlich kommentiert vor. Ein einzigartiges Zeugnis der frühchristlichen Bibelwissenschaft und eine der wichtigsten Quellen für die Palästinakunde."--
I.N. Phelps Stokes
This 6 volume work has inspired loving descriptions. The Wikipedia entry[1] is among the best. Google books posts a note in the Bibliographic Society of America's Papers[2] for 1918 which mentions that the 3rd volume has been published. [1]: [2]:
Marco Polo
Join the 13th century merchants Marco, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo as they journey from their native city of Venice to the faraway land of Cathay, or China. There, young Marco will meet Kublai Khan, the ruler of the vast Mongolian empire. Read about his many adventures serving the Khan in the lands East of Europe, and his adventures coming back home to Venice. This medieval book, dictated by Marco while imprisoned in Genoa, was one of the inspirations of the Age of Exploration during the Renaissance, and it still intrigues readers today to learn of the Polo's adventures in the far East.
Strabo
The <b>*Geographica*</b> (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικά, Geōgraphiká), or <b>*Geography*</b>, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek by Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman empire of Greek descent. Work can have begun on it no earlier than 20 BC. A first edition was published in 7 BC followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later than 23 AD in the last year of Strabo's life. Strabo probably worked on his Geography and now missing History concurrently, as the Geography contains a considerable amount of historical data. Except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete.
James Fenimore Cooper
Notions of the Americans in considered Cooper's first work of non-fiction despite a thin overlay of character and plot. Written in the form of a travel narrative, it addresses the widespread ignorance he encountered in Europe about the people and institutions of the United States. It is an exuberant chant of praise for American representative democracy, encapsulating the utopian vision that compelled Cooper's writing career over three decades. The introduction draws on materials never before published. this edition, distinguished by the seal of the Center for Scholarly Editions, is the first resetting of the text since the initial American edition in 1828.