A compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, Digested in a Chronological Series. The whole exhibiting A clear View of the Customs, Manners, Religion, Government, Commerce, and Natural History of most Nations in the Known World. Illustrated and adorned with a Variety of genuine Charts, Maps, Plans, Heads, &c. curiously engraved. Volume IV [of VII].

[Smolett, Tobias, Ed.].

Published by London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, Jo. Rivington, Ja. Rivington and J. Fletcher, W. Johnston, W. Strahan, and T. Jefferys., 1756

About this Item

Kl.-8° (17 x 11 cm). 2, 299 pp. with a folded map of Greenland and Nova Zembla, illustrated plate of Eskimaux Indians natives of Hudson's Bay, a folded map of Hudson's Bay and Straits (with a bit of paper loss), a map of Brazil, a folded map of the East-India Islands, a folded plan of the city of Batavia, a folded plate of the Govenor of Batavia's Palace and plate of Indian method of bleeding. Contemporary full leather volume with gilt lettering. Front hinge slightly loosened. "A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages" was one of the most popular travel accounts of the late 18th century, edited by the 18th-century novelist Tobias Smollett (1721-71). Containing accounts of voyages of many of the great explorers, i.e. Christopher Columbus, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, Magellan, Raleigh, da Gama, Nieuhoff, and others. -- Here on offer is only volume 4 (of 7). -- Contents: Relation of eight men preserved in Greenland - A description of Iceland - The voyage of Captain Thomas James - The voyages of John Nieuhoff in the East-Indies and other parts of the world. -- Condition: Bookplate verso front cover (John Barneby Esq.), map of Hudson Bay with edge loss, else nice and clean copy. Sprache: Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, Digested in a Chronological Series. The whole exhibiting A clear View of the Customs, Manners, Religion, Government, Commerce, and Natural History of most Nations in the Known World. Illustrated and adorned with a Variety of genuine Charts, Maps, Plans, Heads, &c. curiously engraved. Volume IV [of VII].
• Publisher: London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, Jo. Rivington, Ja. Rivington and J. Fletcher, W. Johnston, W. Strahan, and T. Jefferys.
• Publication Date: 1756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Weight: 1500 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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