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Title: A collection of voyages and travels: consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages, relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof,from the earliest account to the present time...
Year: 1745 (1740s)
Authors: Osborne, Thomas, d. 1767 Erondelle, Pierre, fl. 1586-1609, tr
Subjects: Neder Oost-Indische Campagnie Voyages and travels Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : T. Osborne
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ren; on their re-ligion, phyfic and furgery, foothfayers,and invocation of the devil -, their languageand ufe of letters; cloathing, form, co-lour, ftature, and activity *, their paintings,marks, incifions, and ornaments of theirbodies -, cuftoms, diet, fobriety, dances,fongs, exercifes both of men and women ;behaviour,virtues and vices; hunting, hawk-ing, fifhing ; quality of the foil ; the endand manner of their making war; and themanner of burials among thofe people. XXIX. A defcription of Surinam up-on the continent of Guiney, in America.This is a fhort but pleafing account of amoll delightful country, written by mr. -George Warren, who refided there threeyears. It is a brave country, fays he,and it may be truly faid to a mind un-tainted with ambition, no place is more ac-commodated, whether we regard health, aluxuriant foil, or kind women. And I havemade it no defign of mine, either to hidethe inconveniencies of the country, or toextol the happinefs thereof beyond truth. An ; . .
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An Introdu&ory Difcourfe, CONCERNING GEOGRAPHY. tfaiat is 9^W ^ ^ ^ collections of this kind, tues, vices, learning, genius, and fchools.ivantingin H heretofore publiihed, being all, 4. Their cuftoms, marriages, and fune-ct^erCol- 11 or moft of them blamed for the rals. 5. Their language. 6. Their cj-le£hons. J^ want of fome geographical ob- vil government. 7. Their religion and ec-fervations, which fuch a work neceflarily clefiaftical polity. 8. Their towns andfuppofes to be of ufe to the reader; I, to places of moft note. 9. Their moft re-avoid the like charge of omitting any markable hiftories: 10. Their famousthing that may be thought ufeful or enter- men, artifts, and inventions, &V. and, astaining, fhall beg leave to prefix the fol- a certain author obferves u.ftly, Withoutlowing inftructions concerning geography. thefe illuftrations, geography would beGeogra- Geography, tho* it literally implies only a mere fkeleton, or at beft a body,j>hy,what. no more than a defcr

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