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- Description
- 4 v. : ill., maps (some fold.), plans (some fold.); 27 cm.
- Subject
- Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800
- Note
- Compiled by John Green, but known as the Astley collection.
- "With respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces; their situation, extent, bounds and division, climate, soil and produce; their lakes, rivers, mountains, cities, principal towns, harbours, buildings, &c. And the gradual alterations that from time to time have happened in each: also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants; their religion and government, arts and sciences, trades and manufactures: so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations; illustrated not only with charts of the several divisions of the ocean, and maps of each country, entirely new composed, as well as new engraved, by the best hands, from the latest surveys, discoveries, and astronomical observations: but likewise with variety of plans, and prospects of coats, harbours, and cities; besides cuts representing antiquities, animals, vegetables, the persons and habits of the people, and other curiosities : selected from the most authentic travellers, foreign as well as English. Published by his Majesty's authority."
- Two columns to the page.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 28539.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Reproduction (note)
- Contents
- v. 1. First voyages of the Portugueze to the East Indies, 1418-1546. First voyages of the English to Guinea, and the East Indies, 1552-1598. First voyages of the English to the East Indies, set forth by the company of merchants, 1600-1620. Voyages to Africa and the islands adjacent, 1455-1721 -- V. 2. Voyages and travels along the western coast of Africa, 1637-1735. Voyages and travels to Guinea and Benin, 1666-1726. Description of Guinea -- V. 3. Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola. Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries. Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy. Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722 -- V. 4. Description of China, of Korea, eastern Tartary and Tibet. Travels through Tartary, Tibet, and Bukhâria, to and from China, 1246-1698.
- OCLC
- TGPSM11-B2258
- Title
A New general collection of voyages and travels [electronic resource] : consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language, comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
- Imprint
London : Printed for T. Astley, 1745-1747.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
Travel.
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- Added Author
Green, John.
Astley, Thomas.