“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 ii
... the future empress of the world , and holding in subjection tributary monarchies of 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 ...
... the future empress of the world , and holding in subjection tributary monarchies of 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 ...
Pagina iii
... The chart was defigned by the ship , but the map was drawn by the fword . The reports of merchants led Alexander to India , and Cefar to Gaul and Britain . The peculiar products of Hin- doftan , the diamonds , spikenard , and fpices , the ...
... The chart was defigned by the ship , but the map was drawn by the fword . The reports of merchants led Alexander to India , and Cefar to Gaul and Britain . The peculiar products of Hin- doftan , the diamonds , spikenard , and fpices , the ...
Pagina iv
... the first traces of man upon the globe , obferves that Cain , as an agricultor , must have exchanged with Abel , who was a herdfman , corn against meat and skins for clothing : and thus , perhaps the first murder arose from a quarrel ...
... the first traces of man upon the globe , obferves that Cain , as an agricultor , must have exchanged with Abel , who was a herdfman , corn against meat and skins for clothing : and thus , perhaps the first murder arose from a quarrel ...
Pagina v
... the value wanted . It would feera that the Egyptians chiefly enjoyed the commerce of the East by the Red Sea ; and the Phenicians that of the West , by the Mediterranean , although the latter were not wholly estranged from the commerce ...
... the value wanted . It would feera that the Egyptians chiefly enjoyed the commerce of the East by the Red Sea ; and the Phenicians that of the West , by the Mediterranean , although the latter were not wholly estranged from the commerce ...
Pagina vi
... the Indus , the pilot Hippalus hav- ing been the first who traversed the wide sea . The Egyptians alfo traded with Ethiopia , by means of the Nile ; having portable boats when they came to the cataracts . It is alfo probable that they ...
... the Indus , the pilot Hippalus hav- ing been the first who traversed the wide sea . The Egyptians alfo traded with Ethiopia , by means of the Nile ; having portable boats when they came to the cataracts . It is alfo probable that they ...
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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
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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...