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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca Or, A Complete Collection Of Voyages and Travels. Consisting Of Above Six hundred of the most Authentic Writers, Beginning With Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynæus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; And the Voyages under the Direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch : Together with such Other Histories, Voyages, Travels, or Discoveries, As are in General Esteem; Whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European Language : Containing whatever has been observed worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; In Respect To The Extent and Situation of Empires, Kingdoms, Provinces, &c. : The Climate, Soil, Produce, whether Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral, of Each Country: Likewise The Religion, Manners, and Customs of the several Inhabitants, their Government, Arts and Sciences, Public Buildings, Mountains, Rivers, Harbours, &c. : Illustrated By Proper Charts, Maps, and Cuts : To Which Is Prefixed, A Copious Introduction, comprehending the Rise and Proress of the Art of Navigation, and its successive Improvements; together with the Invention and Use of the Loadstone, and its Variation : Originally published in Two Volumes in Folio : Now Carefully Revised, With Large Additions, and Continued down to the Present Time; Including Particular Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of Each Country. By John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S.. Vol. I.

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