A Collection of voyages and travels : in three parts.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels.

Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration.

Northwest Passage.

Cartagena (Colombia)--Siege, 1697.

Cartagena (Colombia).

Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.

Mississippi River Valley.

Penn Provenance:

Coxe, Alexander B. (ex libris)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 142, viii, 86 pages, 54 unnumbered pages, 122 pages, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : maps ; 21 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for and sold by Olive Payne ..., 1741.

Contents:

(from t.p.) Part I. The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in attempting to discover a North-west Passage to the South-Sea, with an account of their passing the winter in an uninhabited island, &c. This is remarkable for its integrity and simplicity. With a map.

Part II. The Sieur Pointis's voyage to America, with an account of the taking Carthagena by the French in 1697. Also an account of the several engagements they had with the English in their return to Brest. To which is added a new and accurate map.

Part III. A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane, viz. A description of the people, animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich and valuable commodities this province naturally produces. With a large and judicious preface, proving the right of the English to that country, the manner of the French usurping great part of it, and the great danger our colonies o

Notes:

Part II is a translation of: Relation de l'expédition de Carthagene / Jean Bernard Louis Desjean, Baron de Pointis.

Place of publication from t.p. of Part I.

At foot of t.p.: N.B. Either part may be had separate.

Each part has a separate t.p. and is separately paged and signed.

Cited in:

Sabin [17278]

Contains:

James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?. Strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas James. 1741.

Pointis, Jean-Bernard-Louis Desjean, baron de, 1645-1707. Relation de l'expédition de Carthagene. English. 1741.

Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739. Description of the English province of Carolana. 1741.

OCLC:

249078334