Histoire generale des voiages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voiages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu´á présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues contenánt cequ´il y a de plus remarquable

1757 Voyages South America Jacques Cartier Pizzaro PERU Caribbean MAPS Prevost

The 'General History of Voyages' by abbe Prevost is one of the largest and most impressive collections of stories of expeditions and world exploration printed in Europe during the 18th-century.

This 49th volume covers descriptions of voyages in South America with heavy emphasis on Pizzaro, Jacques Cartier, and Jean Verazzani.

· Serrano:

o Repopulating the Caribbean islands

o Settlements of Barthelemi de Las Casas

o Cumana Coast and the local tribes in Cumana

o In Toledo, Belize

· Discovery and descriptions of the Strait of Magellan

· Jean Verazzani

o Voyage and discoveries in North America

Description and interactions with Native Indian tribes

· Voyages of Jacques Cartier in 1534 to 1540

o Detailed descriptions of crewmen with scurvy

o Local tribal remedies and healing practices

· Pizzaro

o Voyages from Panama and Peru

o Settlements on Isle of Gorgone, Isle of St Claire

o Idol worship, gold and silver worship

Item number: #16780

Price: $550

PREVOST, abbe

Histoire generale des voiages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voiages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu´á présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues contenánt cequ´il y a de plus remarquable

Paris: chez Didot, 1757. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete

o [4], xii, 516

o Folding map of South Africa

· Language: French

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

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