A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels.

£5,000 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

“A particularly good source for Portuguese and English voyages” (Hill). A fine copy of this compendium of voyages from the preceding three centuries. Although known as Astley’s collection, the voyages here were, in fact, compiled by John Green. This four volume work includes accounts of the first voyages to the East Indies by the English and Portuguese, voyages to Africa with much valuable information on Guinea, Benin, the Congo and the Cape of Good Hope. There are also travels to China, Tibet, Korea and Eastern Tartary. The second volume includes voyages to America and the West Indies and Brazil. Cox p. 15; Hill p. 210; Sabin 28539; Cordier, Japonica, 232, 277, 279, 322, 405 406; Cordier, Sinica, 1947

• Year: 1747

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