The World displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771 (Compiler), Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 (Compiler), Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 (Compiler), Harrison, William, approximately 1750-1803 (Engraver), Thackara, James, 1767-1848 (Engraver), Scot, Robert, 1745-1823 (Engraver), Allardice, S. (Samuel) (Engraver), Reiche, J. F. (Engraver), Seymour, Joseph H. (Engraver), Shallus, Francis (Engraver), Trenchard, Edward C., approximately 1777- (Engraver), Trenchard, James, 1747- (Engraver), Barker, W. (William), active 1795-1803 (Engraver)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson, 1795-1796.
Edition:	First American edition, corrected & enlarged, in eight volumes. Vol. I[-VIII].
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 29926. Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 31664.
Subjects:	Discoveries in geography. Explorers. Voyages and travels. Maps > Pacific Ocean. Subscribers' lists. Press figures (Printing)
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition Evans Digital Edition

Description
Item Description:	"Printed by John Thompson."--colophon, volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. Volume 1-5 published in 1795; volumes 6-8 in 1796. Title pages engraved. Signed: W. Harrison senr. sculpt. Plates engraved by James Thackara, Robert Scot & Samuel Allardice, Frederick Reiche, Joseph Seymour, Francis Shallus, Edward C. Trenchard, James Trenchard, and William Barker. Volume 1: [2], 504 pages, [7] leaves of plates; volume 2: [2], 456 pages, [8] leaves of plates; volume 3: [2], 487, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates; volume 4: [2], 464 [i.e., 472] pages, [6] leaves of plates (1 folded); volume 5: [2], 485, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); volume 6: [2], 464 pages, [7] leaves of plates; volume 7: [2], 510 pages, [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); volume 8: [2], 464, 26 pages, [8] leaves of plates (1 folded). Errors in paging: volume 1, pages 313, 453 misnumbered 213, 423; volume 3, page 341 misnumbered 241; volume 4, pages 360, 455, 457-472 misnumbered 334, 445, 449-464; volume 6, pages 115, 460 misnumbered 113, 450; volume 7, pages 298, 446 misnumbered 268, 644; volume 8, pages 317, 326, 434 misnumbered 137, 26, 334. "List of subscribers ..."--volumes 8, 26 pages at end. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	8 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm. (octavo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:	United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.