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“A new general collection of voyages and travels ; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language ; comprehending every thing remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces ; their situation, extent, bounds and division, climate, soil and produce ; their lakes, rivers, mountains, cities, principal towns, harbours, buildings, &c. and the gradual alterations that from time to time have happened in each ; also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants ; their religion and government, arts and sciences, trades and manufactures ; so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations” (Publication, 1745-1747)

Year

1745-1747

Text

Green, John ; Astley, Thomas. A new general collection of voyages and travels ; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language ; comprehending every thing remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces ; their situation, extent, bounds and division, climate, soil and produce ; their lakes, rivers, mountains, cities, principal towns, harbours, buildings, &c. and the gradual alterations that from time to time have happened in each ; also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants ; their religion and government, arts and sciences, trades and manufactures ; so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations ... (London : Printed for Thomas Astley, 1745-1747).
Vol. 3 : Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola ; Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries ; Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy ; Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722. [Enthält] : Gaubil, Antoine. The journey ... from Kanton to Pe-king, in 1722.
Vol. 4 : Description of China, of Korea, eastern Tartary and Tibet ; Travels through Tartary, Tibet, and Bukharia, to and from China, 1246-1698. (Green1)

Type

Publication

Contributors (3)

Astley, Thomas  (vor 1718-1759) : Buchhänder

Gaubil, Antoine  (Gaillac, Languedoc 1689-1759 Beijing) : Jesuitenmissionar, Kenntnisse der Geographie, Geschichte und Astronomie

Green, John (Pseud.)  (ca. 1685-1757) : Irischer Übersetzer, Geograph

Subjects

Geography and Geology / Travel and Legation Accounts

Cited by (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2007- Worldcat/OCLC Web / WC