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An Entertaining account of all the countries of the known world : Describing the different religions, habits, tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures, of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiosities, amongst them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of strange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, &c. Adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the habits of the several people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, &c. All curiously engraved.

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Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
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Language:	English
Published:	[Sherborne] : Printed for R. Goadby, in Sherborne; and sold by W. Owen, bookseller, at Temple-Bar, London, MDCCLII. [1752]
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An Entertaining account of all the countries of the known world : Describing the different religions, habits, tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures, of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiosities, amongst them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of strange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, &c. Adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the habits of the several people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, &c. All curiously engraved.
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A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time : Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Danish, and other languages. Comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world. Including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres, and strange deliverances, both by sea and land. Also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries. The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Gringnion, and other celebrated masters. By Edward Cavendish Drake, Esq. By the King's Royal Licence and Authority.
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