Global voyages of history's greatest navigators

Description

First edition. Abridged collection of Ancient and Modern Travels around the World; with extracts from the most famous and recent Travelers; containing exact details on the walls, uses and remarkable productions of different peoples, enriched with maps, figures and portraits of main Navigators. Compilation of voyages by Columbus, Cook, Wallis, Spilberg, La Pérouse, Byron, Bougainville, Drake, Surville and others. Includes summaries of Africa, descriptions of the United States of America and Canada, South America, with accounts of customs and morals of inhabitants from the Sandwich Islands, Tahiti, Tierra del Fuego, Japan and beyond. Paris: Fr. Dufart, 1808. 12 volumes in-8°. Half-leather binding with damaged spine, marbled edges. Small losses in corners of 8 leaves, otherwise well preserved interior. Illustrated with portraits, engravings and inset plates throughout (total 61 plates).