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Selected Collection Of Travels Around The World And In The Lands…

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[G. ANSON, BOUGAINVILLE, Chr. COLOMB, J. COOK, LA PEROUSE, CAILLE etc, etc.].

Selected collection of travels around the world and in the most curious places on the globe from Christopher Columbus to the present day. Containing the complete account or analysis of the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Pizarre, Fernand Cortez, Anson, Cook, La Pérouse, James Bruce, Mungo-Park, Burckardt, Bougainville, Richard and John Lander, Basil-Hall, Byron, Fraser, Chardin, Macartney, Klaproth, Le Vaillant, Bandia, . Dumont-Durville, etc., etc. Work put in order by William Smith.

Paris, Au Bureau de la Publication, nd (1845?]. 12 volumes, octavo, half-leather binding (scratches), signed Koehler, some foxing. 

Volume 1: LXXVI- introduction of Aug. Duponchel. – 2 pages of Notice on the life of Georges Anson -363 pages. Travel around the world in 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, and 1744, by G. Anson. Travel around the world in 1764, 1765 and 1766, by Commodore Byron, on the ship the Dauphin. Travel around the world during the years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769, by Bougainville. 1 folding map of Oceania and 8 plates. Volume II. 393 pages. Note on the life of Captain Cook commanding the king’s ship Endravour. Travels around the world in 1768, 1769, 1770 and 1771 by J. Cook. 9 Plates. Volume III. 403 pages. Continuation of Captain Cook’s first voyage. 8 plates. Volume IV. 396 pages. Continuation of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Third Journey. 8 plates. + 2 plates indicated in volume V by **. Volume V. 396 pages. Captain Cook’s third voyage. 9 plates Volume VI. 388 pages. Notice on the life of La Pérouse. Travel around the world 1785-1788 by La Pérouse. Voyage of discovery to the Southern Lands carried out by Captain Baudin. Voyage around the world of the Corvette L’Uranie, commanded by Mr. Louis de Freycinet. Voyage around the world of the Corvette La Coquille commanded by Mr. Duperrey. Voyage of the Corvette L’Astrolabe commanded by Mr. Dumont d’Urville. Expedition of L’Astrolabe and La Zélée by Mr. Dumont d’Urville. 8 boards. Volume VII. 412 pages. Note on the life of James Bruce. Travel to Nubia and Abyssinia during the years 1768 to 1772. 1 color folding map of Africa at the end of the volume. 8 plates. Volume VIII. 441 pages. Historical details. Travels in Africa from 1780 to 1785, by PF Le Vaillant. Le Vaillant’s second trip to Africa. 8 plates. Volume IX. 438 pages. Travel in the interior of Africa in the years 1795-1797 by Mungo-Park. Second voyage of Mungo-Park into the interior of Africa. Journey to Temboctou and the interior of Africa by René Caillé. Journey to Africa carried out with the aim of exploring the course and mouth of the Niger by Richard and John Lander. 8 plates. Volume X. 439 pages. Note on the life of Chardin. Travel to Persia by Chardin. Journey to the East Indies after Mistriss Graham, Heber Skinner, etc. 1 folding map of Asia. 8 boards. Plates. Volume XI. 412 pages. Travel to China and Tartary by Lord Macartney, Ambassador of the King of England. Travel to Mount Caucasus by Klaproth. Travel to Egypt and Arabia by Niéburth followed by a description of Arabia based on Burckardt’s modern travels, Rupell and Léon de Laborde. Travel to Saint Peters Bourg Tauris by Kotzbue. 8 plates. Volume XII. 400 pages. Note on the life of Christopher Columbus. Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Conquest of Mexico by Fernand Cortez. Conquest of Peru by Pizzare. Journey to the United States of North America according to Basil-Hall, Levasseur and Georges De Beaumont. Travel in North America and particularly in the territories of Florida, Ouisconsin and Canada by the Count of Castelnau. Journey to the North Pole and the Artic Regions by Captain Ross. Journey to Greece and Constantinople by FCH Pouqueville. 1 folding map of South America. 1 folding map of North America. 7 plates. Tables of Contents in each volume (not paginated). Illustrated work with 100 beautiful plates engraved on steel, printed on leaves separate from the text. Enriched with five colored geographic maps.

Volume 1: LXXVI- introduction of Aug. Duponchel. – 2 pages of Notice on the life of Georges Anson -363 pages. Travel around the world in 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, and 1744, by G. Anson. Travel around the world in 1764, 1765 and 1766, by Commodore Byron, on the ship the Dauphin. Travel around the world during the years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769, by Bougainville. 1 folding map of Oceania and 8 plates. Volume II. 393 pages. Note on the life of Captain Cook commanding the king’s ship Endravour. Travels around the world in 1768, 1769, 1770 and 1771 by J. Cook. 9 Plates. Volume III. 403 pages. Continuation of Captain Cook’s first voyage. 8 plates. Volume IV. 396 pages. Continuation of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Third Journey. 8 plates. + 2 plates indicated in volume V by **. Volume V. 396 pages