Histoire generale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu'a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues ... pour former un systeme complet d'histoire et de geographie moderne, qui representera l'etat actuel de toutes les nations: enrichie de cartes gΘographiques.

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Includes accounts of the principal early Australian voyages, such as Saavvedra, Gaetano, Torres, Mendan▐a, Queiro∞s, and Nodal. Also, an account of the discovery of Australia by the Dutch, early voyages to New Guinea and the Palau Islands, and Roggeveen's voyage to Terres Australes. African voyages include the early Portuguese and English voyages to West Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, with a general account of the Dutch at the Cape.
Pacific voyages include those of Magellan, Scheuten and Le Maire, Drake, Sarmiento, Cavendish, Spilbergen, Narbrough, Rogers, Cowley, Frezier, and Anson. Particularly full accounts are given of the Dutch and the French voyages to the East Indies, voyages to China, and the British East India Company's voyages to India and Ceylon. Cf. Hill.
Pacific content in volumes 11 and 17.
Place
Paris, France
Other Id
G160 PRE (Library of Congress Call Number)
35249 (Cat ID)
62990 (DBTextworks system ID)
28051 (Presto content ID)
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Name/Title
Histoire generale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu'a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues ... pour former un systeme complet d'histoire et de geographie moderne, qui representera l'etat actuel de toutes les nations: enrichie de cartes gΘographiques.
Primary Maker
A.-G. Meusnier de Querlon
Alexandre Deleyre
J. Du Bois
Jacques-Philibert Rousselot de Surgy
abbe Prevost
Contributor/Publisher
Chez Didot
Place
Paris, France
Date
1746-1770
Physical Description
19 volumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 30 cm (4to)
Language
French
Level of Current Record
Bib record
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19 items in this collection. View all items.
Edition/State/Version
1st edition
Subject Category
Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
Discoveries in geography--Early works to 1800
Explorers--Early works to 1800
Content
Cumulated index in vol. 16 with title: Table alphabetique des matieres contenues dans les XV. volumes de L'Histoire ge∞ne∞rale de voyages.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare books--18th century]
By A.F. Prevost, continued by A.G. Meusnier de Querlon, A. Deleyre and J.P. Roussellot de Surgy, with subsequent additions by J.P.J. Du Bois and others. Title varies: v. 17, Suite de L'Histoire générale; v. 18-19, Continuation de L'histoire générale des voyages. Publisher varies. Printer's advertisements appended to vol. 1. Includes bibliographical references to New Zealand. Partial coastline of New Zealand in maps in vols. 6 and 12. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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