A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all parts of the world : containing (among other voyages and travels undertaken for discovery, conquest, settlement, or the opening of trade) complete narratives of the following most important journals ... and including a new ... and complete historical account of the whole of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages ... describing in the most accurate manner, upon an entire new and interesting plan, every place worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America / the whole compiled from the original journals of the respective voyagers, &c. and now published under the immediate direction of Philip Wilson, assisted by George William Anderson and William Henry Portlock. Revised, corrected and improved by William Henry Portlock.

  • Wilson, Philip.
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view A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all parts of the world : containing (among other voyages and travels undertaken for discovery, conquest, settlement, or the opening of trade) complete narratives of the following most important journals ... and including a new ... and complete historical account of the whole of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages ... describing in the most accurate manner, upon an entire new and interesting plan, every place worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America / the whole compiled from the original journals of the respective voyagers, &c. and now published under the immediate direction of Philip Wilson, assisted by George William Anderson and William Henry Portlock. Revised, corrected and improved by William Henry Portlock.

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A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all parts of the world : containing (among other voyages and travels undertaken for discovery, conquest, settlement, or the opening of trade) complete narratives of the following most important journals ... and including a new ... and complete historical account of the whole of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages ... describing in the most accurate manner, upon an entire new and interesting plan, every place worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America / the whole compiled from the original journals of the respective voyagers, &c. and now published under the immediate direction of Philip Wilson, assisted by George William Anderson and William Henry Portlock. Revised, corrected and improved by William Henry Portlock. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for Alex. Hogg & Co., [between 1790 and 1799]

Physical description

234 pages, 33 unnumbered leaves of plates, [5]-836 pages, 73 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), portraits ; (folio)

References note

ESTC T67466

Notes

"Portlock's new collection of voyages and travels ... Published by Alexr. Hogg, 1794"--On engraved frontispiece
Printed in double columns
Various errors in paging, e.g.: p.29 in first sequence numbered 29-39, numbering continues with p.40; nos. 263-290 and 386-459 not used in second sequence
Includes some plates from Portlock's Voyages
"Directions to the binder" and publisher's advertisement, p.836.

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