CHURCHILL, Awnsham & John; Thomas Osborne.

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A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Fourth edition of one of the great voyage collections, with the supplementary Osborne series known as the "Harleian Voyages". Hill emphasizes "its range of coverage and for the fact that it gives the original accounts".The collection was first issued by the brothers Awnsham and John Churchill in four volumes in 1704 with the advice and encouragement of John Locke. As well as assuring "the beauty and pedigree of the volumes, the Churchills aimed to produce a work of solid scholarship... The Collection introduce English readers to much new material, contextualize that material within the history of European exploration, encourage navigators to assist in the progress of trade and the new philosophical project... providing the first reference guide in English to the literature of exploration" (Franklin, p. lx).Volume II contains an account by the Dutch adventurer Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672), who served as an official of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil and East India Company (VOC) in China and India. His narrative of the East Indies encompasses the Arabian Gulf, including such principal locations as Bahrain (Baharen), Sharjah (Sarba), Dubai (Dibei), Ras Al-Khaimah (Rasaelchimes), and Muscat (Muskate), and describes the pearling industry. Another important Middle Eastern narrative is that of Martin von Baumgarten on Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria, which includes a description of the ruins at Baalbek.Other travellers are the Dutch missi

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