“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World: Many of which are Now First Translated Into English, Volume 17Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme (etc.), 1814 |
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Pagina i
... Africa , and maintained their ancient commercial relations with Hindoftan ; which , with its fine linens , diamonds , fpices , and perfumes , has always been the very centre and focus of extenfive com- merce . The rudeness of the ...
... Africa , and maintained their ancient commercial relations with Hindoftan ; which , with its fine linens , diamonds , fpices , and perfumes , has always been the very centre and focus of extenfive com- merce . The rudeness of the ...
Pagina ii
... Africa . But the deserts of that country forbad the progress of armies : and Nature seemed to have fet bounds to ambition . Africa is the only continent which never was conquered ; and Alexander needed not to have fighed for other ...
... Africa . But the deserts of that country forbad the progress of armies : and Nature seemed to have fet bounds to ambition . Africa is the only continent which never was conquered ; and Alexander needed not to have fighed for other ...
Pagina iii
... Africa , while concerning that of the Egyptians few evidences appear . It seems to have been chiefly confined to Hindostan , and perhaps Eastern Africa . The learned Huet , bishop of Av- ranches , has , with great care and erudition ...
... Africa , while concerning that of the Egyptians few evidences appear . It seems to have been chiefly confined to Hindostan , and perhaps Eastern Africa . The learned Huet , bishop of Av- ranches , has , with great care and erudition ...
Pagina v
... Africa ; and , by the Mediterranean , with part of Afia , Europe , and Africa . But the early commerce of Egypt by the Red Sea was impeded by the Idumeans , who only permitted them to use one ship in the inter- course with Hindoftan ...
... Africa ; and , by the Mediterranean , with part of Afia , Europe , and Africa . But the early commerce of Egypt by the Red Sea was impeded by the Idumeans , who only permitted them to use one ship in the inter- course with Hindoftan ...
Pagina vi
... Africa , following the fhores as ufual in the early navigations . It is even likely that the name Aphrica , as impofed by the Greeks , is only a flight alteration of the oriental word Ophir , a commercial name celebrated in Scripture ...
... Africa , following the fhores as ufual in the early navigations . It is even likely that the name Aphrica , as impofed by the Greeks , is only a flight alteration of the oriental word Ophir , a commercial name celebrated in Scripture ...
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Account Afia Africa alfo America Amfterdam ancient Antwerp Bemerkungen Berlin Beſchreibung beſt Brafil Britiſh cartes China Chine coafts Coaſt Colonies commerce Conftantinople containing contenant Copenhagen cuſtoms defcribed Defcriptio Deſcription Deutſchland diſcoveries Eaft Eaft-Indies Eaſt edition Effay Egypt Embaffy Empire England Engliſh enrichi Europe Excurfions fame firſt fituation fol.-In fome Français France Frankfort Frankreich French German Hague Hamburgh Hiftoire hiftorique Holland Ifles Indes-Orientales India intereſting Iſlands Italien Italy Itinerarium Jerufalem Jofeph Journal Journey Kingdom l'Amérique l'hiftoire Leipfic Letters Lettres fur Levant Leyden Liſbon London Madrid Mémoires Miffion mœurs moſt Naples Natural Hiſtory naturelle navigation Obfervations paffage Paleſtine Paris Perfia Peterſburgh planches plates plufieurs Portugal Portugueſe prefent Provinces publiſhed refidence Reife Reifen Reiſe Relation religion Remarks Rome Royaume Ruffia Schweitz Sect Sieur Spain Spaniſh ſtate Suiffe Sweden Switzerland Syria Terre-Sainte Theil theſe theſe travels thoſe Tour traduit tranflated Turkey Venice Viaggio Vienna Voyage fait Weft Weſt weſtern
Brani popolari
Pagina 222 - An Essay on the Natural History of Guiana in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country, together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants ; interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations, in several letters from a gentleman of the medical faculty, during his residence in that country.
Pagina 233 - Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en Amérique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez.
Pagina 205 - Peuples qui y habitent ; la nature de leur Gouvernement ; leur Commerce, leurs Coutumes, leur Religion, et leur manière de faire la Guerre.
Pagina 200 - Traduits de l'espagnol, avec une relation de la Guiane de WALTER RALEIGH et le voyage de NARBOROUGH à la mer du Sud, par le détroit de Magellan.
Pagina 228 - Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale depuis la côte de la Mer du Sud...
Pagina 196 - Septentrionale sous la direction de la Compagnie des Indes ; le climat, la nature et les productions de ce pays ; l'origine et la religion des Sauvages qui l'habitent, leurs mœurs et leurs coutumes, etc.
Pagina 112 - The description of Corsica, with an account of its union to the crown of Great Britain ; including the life of general Paoli.
Pagina 189 - An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in NorthAmerica, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing The Most Remarkable Occurrences of that Period ; Particularly The Two Sieges of Quebec, &c.
Pagina 150 - Histoire et description générale du Japon où l'on trouvera tout ce qu'on a pu apprendre de la nature et des productions du pays, du caractère et des coutumes des...
Pagina 65 - ... les usages, les maladies et le commerce de leurs habitans; avec des rapprochemens entre l'état actuel de la Grèce, et ce qu'elle fut dans l'antiquité...