1. The history of the principal discoveries and improvements, in the several arts and sciences: particularly the great branches of commerce, navigation, and plantation, in all parts of the known world. Title: The history of the principal discoveries and improvements, in the several arts and sciences: particularly the great branches of commerce, navigation, and plantation, in all parts of the known world. Date: 1727. Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Collecting Area: Rare Books