A New collection of voyages and travels : With historical accounts of discoveries and conquests in all parts of the world. None of them ever before printed in English; being now first translated from the Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Portuguese and other languages. Adorn'd with cuts. For the month of December, 1708. To be continu'd monthly.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Voyages and travels.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages; 6 unnumbered pages,258 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 8 unnumbered pages,244 pages, 12 unnumbered pages; 4 unnumbered pages,115 pages, 5 unnumbered pages; 81 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 77 pages, 3 unnumbered pages; 4 unnumbered pages,264 pages, 18 unnumbered pages,plates : maps ; 4⁰

Other Title:

View of the universe: or, a new collection of voyages and travels, into all parts of the world

Place of Publication:

London : Printed, and sold by J. Knapton, in St. Pauls Church-Yard; J. Round, in Exchange-Alley, in Cornhill, N. Cliffe, at the Golden Candlestick in Cheapside, E. Sanger, at the Post-House, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy in Fleet-street, 1708.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

A collection of travels each with separate pagination and register; issued in monthly parts.

Contents: vol. 1: The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands', by Bartolomé Leonardo y Argensola, London, 1708; 'A new voyage to Carolina', by John Lawson, London, 1709; 'The seventeen years travels of Peter de Cieza, through the mighty kingdom of Peru', by Pedro de Cieza de Léon, London, 1709; vol. 2: 'The travels of the Sieur Mouette, in the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco', by Germain Moüette, [London], [1710]; 'The travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by land', by Pedro Teixeira, [London?], [1710?]; 'A voyage to Madagascar, the adjacent islands, and coast of Africk', by François Cauche, [London?], [1710?]; 'The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia', by Balthazar Telles, London, 1710.

Final leaf: 'An advertisement concerning this work in general'.

The general titlepage to the second volume: 'A view of the universe: or, a new collection of voyages and travels, into all parts of the world', London: printed for J. Knapton; A. Bell; D. Midwinter; W. Taylor; and sold by J. Round; N. Cliffe; E. Sanger, and A. Collins; and J. Baker, 1710.

Subsequently re-issued as a two volume set in 1711.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T231338.

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