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Discoveries in geography, Voyages around the world, Description and travel, Discovery and explorationPeople
Christopher Columbus, George Anson Anson Baron (1697-1762), Walter Raleigh Sir (1552?-1618), Hernando de Soto (approximately 1500-1542), Jorge Juan (1713-1773), Francis Drake (approximately 1540-1596), Willem Corneliszoon Schouten (-1625), Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603?-1659), Lionel Wafer (1660?-1705?), William Dampier (1652-1715), Philippus Baldaeus (1632-1672), Jacques Le Maire (1585-1616), Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Thomas Cavendish (1560-1592), Martin Martin (-1719), Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795), Woodes Rogers (-1732), Thomas Roe Sir (1581?-1644), Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri (1651-1725), Thomas James (1593?-1635?), Francisco Pizarro (approximately 1475-1541), Henry Ellis (1721-1806), Fernão de Magalhães (-1521), Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672), Jens Munk (1579-1628), Olivier van Noort (1558 or 1559-1627), Hernán Cortés (1485-1547)Places
America, Arctic regions, Asia, Northwest PassageShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Abrégé chronologique ou histoire des découvertes faites par les Européens dans les différentes parties du monde: extrait des relations les plus exactes & des voyageurs les plus veridiques
1766, Chez Saillant, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais., Delormel, rue de Foin., Desaint, rue de Foin., Panckoucke, rue de la Comédie françoise.
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An abridged translation, by Jean-Baptiste Targe, of: A chronological abridgment or history of discoveries made by Europeans in different parts of the world / by John Barrow, perhaps first printed in London, 1756; this edition, though cited by Sabin, is not confirmed by modern bibliographical sources and is not indexed by ESTC.
English original also first printed under title: A collection of authentic, useful, and entertaining voyages and discoveries, digested in a chronological series, printed in London, 1765 (ESTC, T90429; Sabin, 3655)
Pagination: v. 1: [2], iv, 448 p.; v. 2: [2], 461, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 459, [1] p.; v. 4: [4], 454, [2] p.; v. 5: [4], 448 p.; v. 6: [4], 439, [1] p.; v. 7: [4], 428 p.; v. 8: [4], 431, [1] p.; v. 9: [4], 447, [1] p.; v. 10: [4], 449, [3] p.; v. 11: [4], 440 p.; v. 12: [4], 438, [2] p.
Signatures: v. 1: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) ²pi² A-S¹² T⁸; v. 2: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) A-T¹² V⁴ (-V4) (V3 verso blank); v. 3: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) A-S¹² T⁸ V⁶ (V6 verso blank); v. 4: p̉i (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-T¹²; v. 5: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹² T⁸ (T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, and T7 missigned T1, T2, T2, T4, T5, and T6); v. 6: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-R¹² (R2 missigned R1) S¹⁰ (S10 verso blank) T⁶ (T6 verso blank); v. 7: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-R¹² S¹⁰; v. 8: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹²; v. 9: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹² T⁸ (T4 missigned S3) (T8 verso blank); v. 10: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹² T¹⁰ (T9 verso, T10 blank); v. 11: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹² T⁴; v. 12: pi² (pi1 blank, pi2 verso blank) A-S¹² T⁴ (T4 verso blank)
Errata: v. 1, p. 448; v. 4, p. [1], 3rd count; v. 5, p. 448; v. 7, p. 428; v. 8, p. [1], 3rd count; v. 9, p. 447; v. 10, p. 449; v. 12, p. [1], 3rd count.
Includes indexes.
Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 3656.
John Carter Brown LIbrary copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf.
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.
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