1708. M. Diéreville, at the request of M. Begon, wrote the whole of the relation of his voyage in verse, but his friends having represented to him that no credit would be given to it unless it was written in prose, all that they could obtain from him, was that he would intermix some prose with his verses. Some copies have a supplement of eight pages, containing an account of the unsuccessful attack made in 1707 by the people of NewEngland on Port Royal. MDCCIX. 1 A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA; containing the exact description and natural history of that Country: together with the present state thereof. And a Journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c. By John Lawson, Gent. Surveyor-General of North Carolina. Quarto, map and plate. London. First published in Steven's collection (1708, No. 4.) Republished separately with new titles, under the dates of 1714 and 1718. The plate of animals is found in very few copies. An American paper mentions a copy having been sold a few years ago in South Carolina for sixty dollars. 2 THE SEVENTEEN YEARS' TRAVELS of Peter de Cieza, through the mighty kingdom of Peru, and the large provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America: from the city of Panama, on the Isthmus, to the frontiers of Chili. Now first translated from the Spanish, and illustrated with a map and several London. cuts. Small 4to. This work forms also a part of Steven's collection. 3 USEFUL TRANSACTIONS for the months of May, June, July, August and September, 1709. Containing a Voyage to the island of Cajamai in America. Giving a brief account of the natural varieties, inhabitants, and diseases of the country; together with their cures after the method used by Jasper Van Slonenbergh, a learned member of the Royal Vertuosi of Great Britain, in the relation he has given of his voyages into those parts. Translated into English from the Dutch. Svo. A humorous satire on Sir Hans Sloane's Voyage to Jamaica. London. HISTOIRE DE LA CONQUETE de la Floride ou relation de ce qui 1709. s'est passé dans la decouverte de ce pays, par Ferdinand de Soto, composée en Espagnol par l'Inca Garcilasso de la Vega, & traduite en François par P. Richelet. 12mo. Paris. This translation was first printed in 1670, and reprinted with the "Histoire des Incas" in 1737. See No. 6. 1723. 5 *JOURNAL de la campagne des Isles de l'Amerique, qu'à fait M. D***. Par G. D. T. 12mo. According to Barbier, written by Gautier du Tronchoy. Troyes. 6 *AUSFÜHRLICHER BERICHT Von der berühmten Landschaft Carolina, an tag gegeben von Kocherthalern. Frankfort. 8vo. Meusel, x. 2, p. 375. MDCCX. 1 *A LETTER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA; giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province. Together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gentleman to his friend at Bern. Quarto, pp. 63. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 205. This letter appears to have been reprinted in 1718 and 1732. London. 2 *THE FOUR KINGS OF CANADA; being a succinct account of the four Indian princes lately arrived from North America. With a particular description of their country and remarkable religion, feasts, marriages, burials, remedies for their sick, customs, manners, constitution, habits, sports, war, peace, policy, hunting, fishing, &c. London. 3 A VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE: or a new collection of voyages and travels into all parts of the world. With the geography and history of every country. None of them ever before printed in English. To be published monthly. This for January, 1710, begins the entertaining travels of the Sieur Mouette in Fez and Morocco, during his eleven years' captivity in those C 1710. parts. With a map of those countries by Hermon Moll, geographer. Quarto. London. This second volume of Stevens' Collection (see 1708, No. 4,) contains: 1 *JOURNAL of an expedition performed by the forces of our 2 *A TRUE ACCOUNT of the voyage of the Nottingham galley of London, John Dean, commander, from the river Thames to New England, near which place she was cast away on Boon Island by the captain's obstinacy, who endeavoured to betray her to the French, or run her ashore; with an account of the falsehoods in the captain's narrative, &c. The whole attested on oath by Christopher Langman, mate, Nicholas Mellen, boatswain, and George White, sailor in the said ship. 8vo. pp. 36. Bib. Am. Prim. p.210. London. 3 A COMPLETE COLLECTION of voyages made into North and South America, in due order as they happen'd, beginning from Christopher Columbus, and Americus Vespucius, and descending to this present time, &c. By M. L'Abbé Bellegarde of the Royal Academy. Translated from the French original printed at Paris. Adorn'd with cuts. London. 8vo. Published in French at Paris in 1707, under the name of Du Perier. This is the same book as Du Perier's, printed in 1708, with a new title-page, in which the name of the Abbé Bellegarde is substituted for that of Du Perier. London. 4 A LETTER from an old Whig in town to a modern Whig in the 5 *A LETTER to a Member of Parliament on the settling a trade 1711. to the South Sea of America, dated 3d of May, 1711. With reasons to encourage a trade from Great Britain to the countries situate in the South Seas of America. 4to. pp. 14. : Bib. Am. Prim. p. 212. London. 6 *A TRUE ACCOUNT of the design and advantages of the South Sea trade with answers to all the objections raised against it; a list of the commodities proper for that trade; and the progress of the subscription towards the South Sea Company. 8vo. pp. 38. London. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 212. 7 A VIEW OF THE COASTS, Countries, and Islands within the limits London. Herman Moll was probably not the author of this book, but merely prepared the map which accompanies it. The book was no doubt got up by some of the persons interested in the great and celebrated South Sea project. 8 AUSFÜHRLICHE BESCHREIBUNG von der unglücklichen Reise des jungsthin aus Teutschland nach Carolina und Pensylvanien wandernden Pilgrim, dem ubelgegründeten Kocherthalerischen Bericht entgegen gesetzt. Frankfort. 8vo. An account of the journey of some pilgrims from Germany to Carolina and MDCCXII. 1 A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD: first to the South Seas, thence to the East Indies, and homeward by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finished in 1711. Containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions, particularly of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes; an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island; and a 1712. brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South Sea. With maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts, and an introduction relating to the South Sea trade. By Captain Woodes Rogers, commander-in-chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Duchess, of Bristol.. 8vo. London. This and the following are the relation of the same voyage. 2 A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, and round the world, performed in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711. Containing a journal of all the memorable transactions during the said voyage; the winds, currents, and variation of the compass; the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship. A description of the American coasts, from Terra del Fuego in the South to California in the North, (from the Coasting Pilot, a Spanish manuscript.) An historical account of all those countries from the best authors. With a new map and description of the mighty river of the Amazons. Wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he lived upon the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandes. Illustrated with cuts and maps. By Capt. Edward Cooke. London. 8vo. Edward Cooke was second captain on board the Dutchess, the ship which accompanied the Duke, both under Woodes Rogers, on a voyage round the world. Capt. Burney says that Cooke's journal and charts are inferior to those published by Woodes Rogers. Dampier, who projected the expedition, and prevailed upon some able persons at Bristol to venture upon the undertaking, went as pilot in the Duke. 3 *AN ESSAY on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South Sea. By Robert Allen. London. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 4 *A LETTER to a friend in the country on the late expedition to Canada. 8vo. In the British Museum. London. 5 *A LETTER from a West India merchant to a gentleman at Tunbridge, concerning that part of the French proposals which relate to North America, and particularly to Newfoundland. |