Allgemeine Historie der Reisen

by sea and by land; or a collection of all travelogues... in Europe, Asia, Africa and America... Vol. 12. Lpz., Arkstee and Merkus 1754. 4°. With 23 (of 26) partly folded. Copper plates and maps. 5 pp., 740 pp., 15 pp. cloth (signs of wear). Holzmann-B. II, 9754; Cox I, 32; Landwehr, VOC 268; Graesse III, 307 - Single volume of the travel book edited by J.J. Schwabe and others. Contains: Continuation of the voyages to the East Indies through the Southwest by Francis Drake, Peter von Sarmiento. Various voyages to the East Indies through the Straits of Magellan, voyages to the southern countries by Franz Felsen, Abel Jansen Tasmann and Wilhelm Dampier. Description of the island of Timor. Errant voyages or voyages that have no specific destination by Gautier Schouten, W. Dampier, and La Barbinais la Gentil. Natural history of the East Indies. - Copper 14, 21 and 25 (= jwls. plants) missing. Slightly browned, partly slightly stained.