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A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels from the earliest accounts to the present time

Title
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels [electronic resource] : from the earliest accounts to the present time / judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German and other languages by Edward Cavendish Drake.
Published
London : Printed for J. Cooke, 1768.
Physical Description
1 online resource ([9], 706 p., [49] leaves of pl)ates : ill., maps ; 37 cm.
Local Notes
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Notes
"Comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world; including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres and strange deliverances both at sea and land; also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries; the whole forming a history of ... Europe, Asia, Africa, and America ; illustrated with maps from the latest improvements and beautiful plates by Grignion and other celebrated masters."
List of subscribers: p. [5]-[8].
Two columns to the page.
Reproduction of the original from Yale University Libraries.
Sabin no. 20826.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2007. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2012
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