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The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. Illustrated with the heads of the most eminent admirals, commanders, and travellers, neatly engraved. To which is prefixed an introduction, shewing the rise, progress, and improvement of navigation, the use and properties of the loadstone, and an enquiry concerning the first inhabitants of America. With an account of Admiral Vernons taking Porto-Bello, Chagre, and Carthagenna [sic] ...
- Title
- The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. Illustrated with the heads of the most eminent admirals, commanders, and travellers, neatly engraved. To which is prefixed an introduction, shewing the rise, progress, and improvement of navigation, the use and properties of the loadstone, and an enquiry concerning the first inhabitants of America. With an account of Admiral Vernons taking Porto-Bello, Chagre, and Carthagenna [sic] ...
- Publication
- London, Printed and sold by J. Fuller, 1743.
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- Description
- 1 p. l., xiii, 14-398 p. front, plates, ports.; 4to.
- Subjects
- Note
- "The work was published in numbers [1741] and appears to be the commencement of an extensive work, but of which no more than this volume appeared. It commences with a long introduction on the rise, progress and improvement of navigation, which is followed by book I., divided into two chapters: one on the peopling of America, and the other, which concludes the book, containing an account of the voyages of Columbus."--Rich, Bibl. amer. nova, v. 1. p. 65.
- Indexed In (note)
- Sabin
- Call Number
- *KC 1743 (American traveller)
- LCCN
- 02019152
- OCLC
- 1632779
- Title
- The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. Illustrated with the heads of the most eminent admirals, commanders, and travellers, neatly engraved. To which is prefixed an introduction, shewing the rise, progress, and improvement of navigation, the use and properties of the loadstone, and an enquiry concerning the first inhabitants of America. With an account of Admiral Vernons taking Porto-Bello, Chagre, and Carthagenna [sic] ...
- Imprint
- London, Printed and sold by J. Fuller, 1743.
- Indexed In:
- Sabin 1250
- Local Note
- Lenox Collection.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *KC 1743 (American traveller)