The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.

v. 1. Introduction [by Samuel Johnson]--Voyages of Columbus to America.--Discoveries of the Spaniards from the death of Columbus, to Cortes's expedition.--v.2. The conquest of Mexico, by Hernando Cortes.--v.3. The discovery of golden Castile.--The conquest of Peru, by Francis Pizarro.--The sett...

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Main Author: Newberry, John, 1713-1764, pub.
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Language:English
Published: London, Newberry [etc., etc.] 1760
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.72985721
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Summary:v. 1. Introduction [by Samuel Johnson]--Voyages of Columbus to America.--Discoveries of the Spaniards from the death of Columbus, to Cortes's expedition.--v.2. The conquest of Mexico, by Hernando Cortes.--v.3. The discovery of golden Castile.--The conquest of Peru, by Francis Pizarro.--The settlement of Brasil by the Portuguese.--v.4. The discoveries of the English in America.--v.5. [Same, cont'd]--The discoveries and settlements of the French in America.--The discoveries and settlements of the Dutch in America.--A Danish settlement in America.--The voyage of Sir Francis Drake.--The voyage of Schooten and Le Maire.--v.6. The voyage of Capt. William Dampier.--The voyage of Capt. Woodes Rogers.--v.7. Commodore Anson's voyage around the world.--v.8. Vasco de Gama's voyage to India.--The voyage of De Cabral to the East Indies.--Commodore Beaulieu's expedition to the East Indies.--v.9. Middleton, Henry. Voyage to the East Indies.--Grose, J.H. Voyage to the East Indies.--Roggeveen, Jacob. Voyage for the discovery of southern lands.--v.10. Pyrard, François. Description of the Mildiva Islands.--Kolbe, Peter. Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.--Roberts, George. Voyage to the Cape de Verd Islands.--James, Thomas. Voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage to the South-seas.--Ellis, Henry. Voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage to the South-seas.--v.11. Maundrell, Henry. Travels from Aleppo to Jerusalem.--[Wood, Robert] Account of the ruins of Balbec.--Shaw, Thomas. Travels into Syria and the Holy Land.--Thevenot, Jean. Travels in the Levant.--v.12. Thevenot [cont'd]--Pococke, Richard. Travels through Egypt.--v.13. Pococke [cont'd]--[Wood, Robert] A journey to Palmyra.--Russell, Alexander. Description of Aleppo and the adjacent parts.--[Olearius, Adam] Travels of the ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein into Moscovy, Tartary, and Persia.--v.14. Olearius [cont'd]--Hanway, Jonas. Travels through Russia into Persia.--v.15. Hanway [cont'd]--Chardin, John. Travesl through Mingrelia and Georgia into Persia.--v.16. Chardin [cont'd]--New history of the East Indies.--Le Comte, Louis. Description of China.--v.17. Description of the country up the Senegal.--[Windus, John] Journey to Mequinez in the kingdom of Morocco.--Pitts, Joseph. Of the religion of the Mahometans, with a descriptionof Mecca and Medina.--Shaw, Thomas. Travels through Barbary.--v.18. Shaw [cont'd]--Mission, Maximilien. Travels through Germany and Italy. 1761.--v.19. Mission [cont'd]--Addison, Joseph. Travels through Italy and Swisserland.--Keyssler, J.G. Travels through Swisserland, Germany and Hungary.--Stevens, Sacheverall. Travels through France. 1761.--v.20. Description of Spain and Portugal.--Description of Sweden.--Molesworth, lord. Account of Denmark.--Pontoppidan, Erik. Natural history of Norway.--La Martinière, P.M. den. Travels through the most northern parts of Europe.--Maupertuis, P.L.M. de. Travels to determine the figure of the earth at the polar circle. 1761. Mode of access: Internet.