Essays On History Biography Geography Engineering

Author : Francis Egerton Ellesmere
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ISBN 13 : 9781330778302
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book Essays on History, Biography, Geography, Engineering &C written by Francis Egerton Ellesmere and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on History, Biography, Geography, Engineering &C: Contributed to the Quarterly Review by the Late Earl of Ellesmere It is hardly necessary to remind our readers that, from the year 1657, when the Portuguese were expelled from Japan, of all the nations of Europe, the Dutch alone have been allowed access to the groupe of islands which constitute that empire. That this exclusive privilege has been ever confined within narrow limits we knew from Kaempfer and all the older authorities. From the works now under consideration we learn that these limits have been progressively and recently narrowed, and that the trade which they still permit has so far declined under the discouragement and increasing jealousy of the natives, as to have become rather matter of curiosity and habit than of commercial profit to the Hollander. Unconnected as our own country is, and must expect long to remain, by any bond of intercourse or communion with this extensive empire and singular people, we yet think that the majority of our readers will share with us the satisfaction and interest with which we receive any information, however scanty and imperfect, on this subject, from those who are alone enabled to afford it. We say advisedly that we are likely to remain excluded from all means of investigation of our own. 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."