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A COLLECTION of VOYAGES and TRAVELS in EUROPE and ASIA, being portions of a General Collection of Voyages and Travels; forming a complete History of the origin and progress of discovery, by Sea and Land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Preceded by an Historical Introduction, and critical Catalogue of Books of Voyages and Travels, and illustrated and adorned with numerous Engravings.
By John Pinkerton,
Author of “Modern Geography,” &c. In 10 vols. 4to. with Engravings. Price 22l. 1s. bds.
⁂ The remainder of the work, containing the descriptions of Polynesia, Africa, and America, will be brought forward in similar detached portions, for the accommodation of persons who may prefer this mode of publication. The publication in monthly parts will, however, be continued as before.
EXPLORATORY TRAVELS THROUGH the WESTERN TERRITORIES of NORTH AMERICA: comprising a voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the source of that river, and a journey though the interior of Louisiana and the north-eastern provinces of New Spain.
Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by order of the government of the United States.
By Zebulon Montgomery Pike,
Major 6th Regt. U. S. Infantry. In 1 vol. 4to. with two large maps, price 1l. 16s. bds.
⁂ In these Travels, Major Pike has thrown important light upon the Geography of a vast and interesting tract of country never before explored, and ascertained from actual observation the course and sources of the chief rivers of North America, including those of the Mississippi, the Yellow Stone River, (one of the main branches of the Missouri), the Arkansaw of Louisiana, and the great Rio del Norte of New Mexico.
POLITICAL ESSAY on the KINGDOM of NEW SPAIN, containing Researches relative to the Geography of Mexico, the Extent of its Surface and its political Division into Intendancies, the physical Aspect of the Country, the Population, the State of Agriculture and manufacturing and commercial Industry, the Canals projected between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the Crown Revenues, the quantity of precious Metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia since the Discovery of the New Continent, and the Military Defence of New Spain, by Alexander de Humboldt, with physical Sections and Maps founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements.
Translated from the original French.
By John Black.
In 2 vols. 8vo. Price 1l. 18s. boards.
A VIEW OF SPAIN; comprising a descriptive Itinerary of each Province, and a general Statistical Account of the Country; including its Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce and Finances; its Government, Civil, and Ecclesiastical Establishments; the State of the Arts, Sciences, and Literature; its Manners, Customs, Natural History, &c.
By Alexander de Laborde.
Translated from the French. In 5 vols. 8vo. with an Atlas of the Roads of Spain, and other Maps of the Country, &c. Price 3l. 13s. 6d. bds.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL, NATURAL, and CIVIL HISTORY of CHILI. Translated from the Original Italian of the
Abbe Don J. Ignatius Molina.
To which are added, Notes from the Spanish and French Version, and two Appendixes, by the English Editor. In 2 vols. 8vo. with a Map of the Country. Price 13s. bds.
A VIEW of the ANCIENT and PRESENT STATE of the ZETLAND ISLANDS; including their Civil, Political, and Natural History, Antiquities, and an Account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce, and the State of Society and Manners.
By Arthur Edmondston, M. D.
In 2 vols. 8vo. illustrated by a Map. Price 18s. bds.
A DESCRIPTION of the FEROE ISLANDS, containing an Account of their Situation, Climate, and Productions; together with the Manner and Customs of the Inhabitants, their Trade, &c. Translated from the Danish.
By the Rev. G. Landt.
In. 8vo. illustrated with a Map, and other Engravings Price 12s. in boards.
The HISTORY of the ORKNEY ISLANDS.
By the Rev. George Barry, D. D.
Minister of Shapenshay. The 2d Edit. with considerable Additions and Notes, by the Rev. Mr. Headrick. In one vol. 4to. illustrated with an accurate and extensive Map of the whole Island, and eleven plates of the most interesting objects they contain. Price 1l. 11s. 6d. in boards.
VIEW of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE during the Reign of Catharine II. and to the close of the Eighteenth Century, &c. &c. &c. Containing an accurate Description of the Government, Manners, Customs, Religion, Extent, Boundaries, Soil, Climate, Produce, Revenue, Trade, Manufactures, &c. &c. of the several Nations that compose that extensive Empire.
By W. Tooke, F. R. S.
2d Edit. In 3 large vols. 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d. in bds.
LETTERS from CANADA; written during a residence there, in the years 1806, 1807, 1808, showing the present State of Canada, its Productions, Trades, Commercial Importance, and Political Relations. Illustrative of the Laws, the Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate. Exhibiting also the Commercial Importance of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Cape Breton; and their increasing Ability, in conjunction with Canada, to furnish the necessary supplies of Lumber and Provisions to our West India Islands.
By Hugh Gray.
In Octavo, with a Map. Price 12s. boards.
PRESENT STATE of the SPANISH COLONIES; including a particular Report of Hispaniola, or the Spanish part of Santo Domingo; with a general Survey of the Settlements on the South Continent of America, as relates to History, Trade, Population, Customs, Manners, &c. with a concise Statement of the Sentiments of the People on their relative situation to the Mother Country, &c.
By William Walton, jun.
Secretary to the Expedition which captured the city of Santo Domingo from the French, and resident British Agent there.
In 2 vols. 8vo. Price 1l. 4s. boards, illustrated with a Map of Santo Domingo, a Head of Ferdinand the Seventh, &c. &c.
TRAVELS in SOUTH AMERICA during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Caraccas, and an Account of the Discovery, Conquest, Topography, Legislature, Commerce, Finance, and Natural Productions of the Country; with a View of the Manners and Customs of the Spaniards and the Native Indians.
By F. Depons.
Translated from the French.
In 2 vols. 8vo. with a Map of the Country. Price 1l. 1s.
The TRAVELS of CAPTAINS LEWIS and CLARKE, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacific Ocean; performed in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By Order of the Government of the United States; containing Delineations of the Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Indians; compiled from various authentic Sources and original Documents; and a summary of the Statistical View of the Indian Nations, from the official communication of
Meriwether Lewis.
In 8vo. illustrated with a Map of the Country inhabited by the Tribes of Western Indians. Price 9s. boards.
LETTERS written during a short Residence in SPAIN and PORTUGAL.
By Robert Southey.
In 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. A new Edition, corrected and amended. Price 10s. 6d. in boards.
A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of ENGLAND; exhibiting the various Subdivisions of each County into Hundreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, &c. The Valuations in the King’s Books; the Patrons of the Ecclesiastical Benefices; and the Tutelary Saint of each Church.—The Distance and Bearing of every Parish or Hamlet, from the nearest Post Office Town.—Markets.—Fairs.—Corporations.—Free Schools.—The Situation and Description of Monasteries, and other religious Houses.—Members of Parliament.—Assizes and Petty Sessions.—Collected from the most authentic Documents, and arranged in Alphabetical Order.
By Nicholas Carlisle.
Fellow and Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
In two thick vols. 4to. Price 5l. 5s. in boards.
NORTH WALES; including its Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, and some Sketches of its Natural History; delineated from Two Excursions through all the interesting Parts of that Country, during the Summers of 1798 and 1801.
By the Rev. W. Bingley, A. M.
In 2 vols. 8vo. 2d Edit. with a new and accurate Map, Frontispieces, and several favourite Welsh Airs. 1l. 1s. boards.
TRAVELS in ASIA and AFRICA, including a Journey from Scanderoon to Aleppo, and over the Desert of Bagdad and Bassora; a Voyage from Bassora to Bombay, and along the Western Coast of India; a Voyage from Bombay to Mocha and Suez in the Red Sea, and a Journey from Suez to Cairo and Rosetta, in Egypt.
By the late Abraham Parsons, Esq.
In 4to. Price 1l. 5s. in boards.
TRAVELS in ICELAND, during the Summer of the Year 1810.
By Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c.
With Maps and a number of Engravings, many of them finely coloured, in one volume, 4to. price 3l. 3s. bds.