Schwabe,J.J. (Hrsg.).

General history of travel by sea and land; or a collection of all travel descriptions... in Europe, Asia, Africa and America... Vol. 12, Lpz., Arkstee and Merkus 1754. 4°. With 22 (of 26) partly folded. Copper plates and maps. 5 p., 740 p., 15 p. Mod. Hldr. with rsch. 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. - Without the coppers 18, 19, 24 and 25. water damage, bought as seen.