Allgemeine Histoire der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande (Vol. 17)

[CHARLEVOIX, Pierre-Francois-Xavier]

Published by Bey Arkstee und Merkus, Leipzig, 1759

About this Item

Volume 17 only of 21. [8], 726, [42] 27 p. 27 cm. Maps (copper engravings, uncoloured as published) by Jacques Nicolas Bellin. 12 fold-out maps. 5 full page maps. 11 plates (including images of a beaver, wolverine, porcupine, eagle, owl, and a tobacco factory). Beige paper over boards, probably the publisher's wraps. Chip in top of title-page affecting first and second line of text. Translated from: "Histoire Generale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection des Voyages par mer et par Terre / abbe Prevost." Includes a fold-out map of the Northern Seas "Karte von den Nord-Meeren" (including Baffin Bay, Labrador, Greenland, the British Isles, Beeren Eylanden, and Sweden); a Map of the northern divide of the globe between Asia and America, "Zusammen Gezogene Karte von den Nordlichen Theilen der Erd-Kugel Zwischen Asien und America" (includes Baffin Bay, Hudson's Bay, and the St. Lawrence River); a Map of the North-West Divide of America "Karte von den Nord-Westlighen Theilen von America" (including Hudson's Bay); as well as maps of the Nassau, Spitzbergen, Saint Domingo, Saint Kitts, Guadalupe Island, Saint Martin, St. Lucia, and Jamaica. Also includes full-page maps of the Bothnian Sea, the Bothnian Gulf, the island of Grenada), and Barbados. Cox i, 32.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Allgemeine Histoire der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande (Vol. 17)
• Publisher: Bey Arkstee und Merkus, Leipzig
• Publication Date: 1759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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