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A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world, many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world, many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan
Publisher
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Cadell and Davies
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Captain Betagh's observations on the country of Peru and its inhabitants, during his captivity -- An historical relation of the kingdom of Chile / by Alonso de Ovalle -- Abridged narrative of travels through the interior of South America, from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the coasts of Brazil and Guyana, descending the river of the Amazons / as read by Mr. De La Condamine, member of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, at a sitting of that academy on the 28th April 1745 -- An abridged relation of a voyage to Peru, undertaken by gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences, to measure the degrees of the meridian near the equator, whereby to infer the figure of the earth / by Mr. Bouguer -- A voyage to South America, describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent : undertaken by command of the King of Spain, by Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa ... / by John Adams, Esq. -- Voyages and travels into Brazil : with a particular account of all the remarkable passages that happened during the author's stay of nine years in Brazil : especially in relation to the revolt of the Portuguese, and the intestine war carried on there from 1640 to 1649 / by Mr. John Nieuhoff


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Language English
Publication date 1813
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Notes No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text.
Authority file  OCLC: 1045598675
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