The American traveller : being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. Illustrated with the heads of the most eminent admirals, commanders, and travellers, neatly engraved /
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sabin, Joseph, 1821-1881. [Bibliotheca Americana] Selected Americana ;
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| Item Description: | "The work was published in numbers [1741] and appears to be the commencement of an extensive work, but of which no more than this volume appeared. It commences with a long introduction on the rise, progress and improvement of navigation, which is followed by book 1., divided into two chapters; one on the peopling of America, and the other, which concludes the book, containing an account of the voyages of Columbus."-- Rich, Bibl. amer. nova. volume 1. page 65. Microfiche. Louisville, Ky., Lost Cause Press, 1966. 11 sheets. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 page ., xiii, 14-398 pages : 2 plates, 2 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 18 cm. |