The World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected and compiled from the writers of all nations; by Smart, Goldsmith, & Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771, comp.

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, comp.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, comp.

Harrison, William, ca. 1750-1803, engraver.

Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.

Scot, Robert, 1744?-1823, engraver.

Allardice, S. (Samuel), engraver.

Reiche, Frederick, engraver.

Seymour, Joseph H., engraver.

Shallus, Francis, engraver.

Trenchard, Edward C., b. ca. 1777, engraver.

Trenchard, James, b. 1747, engraver.

Barker, W. (William), fl. 1795-1803, engraver.

Dobelbower, John Henry, d. 1798, publisher.

Key, James, publisher.

Simpson, Robert, b. 1772, publisher.

Thompson, John, d. 1805, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Explorers.

Voyages and travels.

Genre:

Maps -- Pacific Ocean.

Subscribers' lists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 v. ) ill. ;

Edition:

First American edition, corrected & enlarged, in eight volumes. Vol. I[-VIII].

Other Title:

World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia. : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson, 1795-1796.

Notes:

"Printed by John Thompson."--colophon, v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. Vol. 1-5 published in 1795; v. 6-8 in 1796.

Title pages engraved. Signed: W. Harrison senr. sculpt.

Plates engraved by James Thackara, Robert Scot & Samuel Allardice, Frederick Reiche, Joseph Seymour, Francis Shallus, Edward C. Trenchard, James Trenchard, and William Barker.

Vol. 1: [2], 504 p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 456 p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], 487, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 4: [2], 464 [i.e., 472] p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 5: [2], 485, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 6: [2], 464 p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 7: [2], 510 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 8: [2], 464, 26 p., [8] leaves of plates (1 folded).

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 313, 453 misnumbered 213, 423; v. 3, p. 341 misnumbered 241; v. 4, p. 360, 455, 457-472 misnumbered 334, 445, 449-464; v. 6, p. 115, 460 misnumbered 113, 450; v. 7, p. 298, 446 misnumbered 268, 644; v. 8, p. 317, 326, 434 misnumbered 137, 26, 334.

"List of subscribers .."--v. 8, 26 p. at end.

issued in parts.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

Evans, 29926

Evans, 31664

English Short Title Catalog, W18361.

OCLC:

511043734