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Genre/Form: | travelog (performed works genre) travelers’ writings genealogical tables bibliographies Bibliographies Genealogical tables Maps Travel writing Travel literature Récits de voyages Cartes géographiques Tableaux généalogiques Bibliography Collections Bibliographie |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826. General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [etc.] 1808-14 (OCoLC)574685196 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Pinkerton; George Cooke; William Bernard Cooke; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress); Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,; Cadell & Davies,; Strahan and Preston,; Thordarson Collection. |
OCLC Number: | 1397394 |
Language Note: | In English; many of the items have been translated from the original language. |
Notes: | "Strahan and Preston, Printers-Street, London."--Title page verso. "Catalogue of books of voyages and travels": v. 17, p. [1]-255. Engravings chiefly done by George Cooke or William Bernard Cooke. |
Description: | 17 volumes : frontispieces, plates, folded maps, genealogical tables ; 28 x 21 cm. |
Contents: | v. 1-6. Europe -- v. 7-10. Asia -- v. 11. Asiatic Islands -- v. 12-13. North America -- v. 14. South America -- v. 15-16. Africa -- v. 17. [Supplement]. |
Series Title: | US Rare Books. |
Responsibility: | by John Pinkerton ; illustrated with plates. |
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A GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
A GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
EUROPE
VOL. I.
The Voyages of Sir Hugh Willoughby and others to the Northern Parts of Russia and Siberia
First Voyage of the Dutch...
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A GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
EUROPEVOL. I.
The Voyages of Sir Hugh Willoughby and others to the Northern Parts of Russia and Siberia
First Voyage of the Dutch to the North of Europe
Second Voyage of the same
Third ditto ditto
Dissertation of John Isaac Pontanus, concerning the North East Passage
Regnard's Journey to Lapland, &c.
Journey of Maupertuis to the Polar Circle
Onthier's Journal of a Voyage to the North
Travels of M. Arwid Ehrenmalm into Western Nordland, &c.
Account of Danish Lapland, by Leems
Allison's Voyage from Archangel
A new Account of Samoiedia and the Samoiedes
Journal of Seven Seamen left at Spitsbergen
Phipps's Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole
Le Roy's Narrative of Four Russian Sailors, cast upon the Island of East Spitsbergen
Backstrom's Voyage to Spitsbergen
Von Troil's Letters on Iceland
Kergueland's Voyage to the North
Earl of Cumberland's Voyage to the Azores
Raleigh's Report of an Engagement near the Azores
Voyage to Tercera, by De Chaste
VOL. II.
Voyage to England and Scotland, by Gonzales
Shaw's Tour to the West of England
Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire, by William Bray, F. A. S.
Oryctography of Derbyshire, by Ferber
Travels through several parts of England, by C. P. Moritz
Skrine's Tour through Wales
Malkin's Tour through Wales
Hassel's Tour to the Isle of Wight
Heath's Account of the Islands of Scilly
Robertson's Tour through the Isle of Man
VOL. III.
A Tour in Scotland, by Thomas Pennant, Esq.
Pennant's Second Tour in Scotland
Account of the Drosacks, from Garnet's Tour
Martin's Description of the Western Islands
Martin's Voyage to St. Kilda
An Account of Hirta and Rona, by Sir George Mackenzie, of Tarbat
Brand's Description of the Orkneys, and Shetland
An Abstract of Young's Tour in Ireland
Hamilton's Letters on the Northern Coast of Ireland
VOL. IV.
Lister's Journey to Paris, 1698
Young's Travels in France
Saussure's Attempts to reach the Summit of Mont Blanc
Ramond's Journey to the Summit of Mont PerduVOL. V.
Spallanzani's Travels in Italy
Dolomieu's Account of the Earthqnakes in Calabria in 1783
Bourgoanne'sTravels in Spain
Coxe's Travels in Switzerland
VOL. VI.
Riesbeck's Travels through Germany
Coxe's Travels in Denmark
Coxe's Travels in Norway
Fortia's Travels in Sweden
Coxe's Travels in Russia
ASIA
VOL. VIITravels of Rabbi Benjamin
____________Rubruquis
____________Marco Polo
____________Two Mahometans
Nieuhoff's Travels in China
Bell's Travels in Asia
Hamel's Travels in Korea
A Description of Tibet
The Travels of Goez from Lahor to China
Travels through Tibet, by several Missionaries
Caron's Account of Japan
Diary on the Coast of Japan, 1673
Kempfer's History of Japan
VOL. VIII
Journal of Sir Thomas Roe, Embassador to the Great Mogul
Bernier's Voyage to the East Indies
Extract from Taverniers Voyages, concerning the Diamond Mines
Hamilton's Account of the East Indies
Low's Discovery of the Banians
Buchanan's Journey through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar
VOL. IX
Extracts from the Trarels of Pietro Delle Valle in Persia
Abstracts of Chardin's Travels in Persia
Description of Persia, from Harris's Collection, republished by Dr. Campbell
Francklin's Tour in the South of Persia
Extracts from Forster's Travels, concerning the Northern Parts of Persia
Accounts of Independent Tartary
Jenkinson's Travels to Bucharia
Balbi's Voyage to Pegu
Fitch's Voyage to Pegu, &c.
Symes's Embassy to Ava
Turpin's History of Siam
Baron's Description of Tonqueen
Richards's History of Tonquin
Bovis's History of Cochin China
VOL. X
Niebuhr's Travels in Arabia
Blount's Voyage to the Levant
Dandini's Voyage to Mount Libanus
Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem
Journey from Cairo to Mount Sinai
Dr. Pococke's Travels in the East
ASIATIC ISLANDS
VOL. XIDampier's Account of the Phillippines
Observations on the Phillippine Islands and the Isle of France, from the French of M. de Guignes
Beeckman's Voyage to Borneo
Account of Java and Batavia, from the Voyages of Stavorinus
____________Celebes, Amboyna, &c. ditto
Pigafetta's Voyage round the World
Extracts from the Treatise on Navigation of Antonio Pigafetta
Australasia, Introductory Observations from the Work of the President de Brosses
Pelsart's Voyage to Australasia
Tasman's Voyage for the Discovery of Southern Countries
Dampier's Account of New Holland
Abstract of Captain Cook's First Voyage
____________ Second ditto
____________ Last ditto
Voyage for the Discovery of Southern Lands, from the French of M. Peron
NORTH AMERICA
VOL. XIIColon's Discovery of the West Indies
Discoveries made by the English in America from the Reign of Henry VII. to the Close of that of Queen Elizabeth
Frobisher's First Voyage in search of the North West Passage to China, made in 1576
Frobisher's Second Voyage made for the Discovery of the North West Passage, made in 1577, with a Description of the Country and People
Frobisher's Third Voyage for the Discovery of the North West Passage, made in 1578
Discovery of, and Voyages to, Virginia
Cartier's Discovery of the Island of New France
VOL. XIII
Smith's History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles
Lahontan's Travels in Canada
Memoirs of North America
Kalm's Travels in North America
Burnaby's Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America, in 1759 and 1760
SOUTH AMERICA
VOL. XIV.Betagh's Account of Peru
Ovalle's Historical Relation of Chili
Condamine's Travels in South America
Bouguer's Voyage to Peru
Ulloa's Voyage to South America
Nieuhoff's Voyages and Travels Into Brazil
AFRICA
VOL. XVA Voyage to Abyssinia, by Father Jerome Lobo
Poncet's Journey to Abyssinia
Browne's Journey to Dar-Fur
Pococke's Travels in Egypt
Addison's Account of West Barbary
Windhuss's Journey to Mequinez
Shaws's Travels in Barbary
Lempriere's Tour to Morocco
Abd Allatif 's Relation respecting Egypt
VOL. XVI.
Thunberg's Account of the Cape of Good Hope
Voyage to Congo, by Angelo and Carli
Merolla's Voyage to Congo
The strange Adventures of Andrew Battel, of Leigh, in Essex, sent by the Portuguese Prisoner to Angola
Bonnan's Description of the Coast of Guinea
Proyart's History of Loango, Kakongo, and other Kingdoms in Africa
Adamson's Voyage to Senegal, the Island of Goree, and the River Gambia
Santo's History of Eastern Ethiopia
Rochon's Voyage to Madagascar
Glas's History of the Canary Islands
Park's Travels in AfricaSUPPLEMENT
VOL. XVII.
Retrospect of the Origin, Progress of Discovery, by Sea and Land, in ancient, modern and most recent times
Critical Catalogue of Books of Voyages and Travels
General Index
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