1724. 2 A GENERAL HISTORY of the Pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, &c. To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to pyracy. The second edition, with considerable additions. By Captain Charles Johnson.

8vo.

London.

This work forms an appropriate sequel to the History of the Buccaneers.
(1704). The first edition was printed in
— A French translation
was added to Oexmelin's Histoire des Avanturiers, printed at Trevoux in

1744.

3 A DETERMINATION of the case of Thomas Story and James Hoskins, relating to an affair of the Pennsylvanian company,

&c. Quarto.

In the British Museum.

London.

4 THE HISTORY of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, secretary and historiographer to his Catholick Majesty. By Thomas Townsend, esq.

Folio, pp. 568, and plates.

London.

Reprinted in 8vo. in 1738.-The original work was first printed in 1684.

The edition of 1783 is by far the best that has been published.

5 ACTS AND LAWs passed by the great and general Court or Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-bay, in NewEngland, from 1692 to 1719. To which is prefixed, the charter granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the inhabitants of the said province, A.D. 1691. Annoq; Regni 3°. London.

Folio.

The first edition of this collection was printed at Boston in 1699; the second
in 1714, and continued, as new laws were enacted, to the
which this edition appears to have been taken.

year 1719; from

6 THE VOYAGES, dangerous adventures, and eminent escapes of Captain Richard Falconer; with a description of some regions of America.

London.

Mentioned in the Bibliothèque des Voyages, and in Watts's Bib. Brit.

7 MOEURS DES SAUVAGES, &C. (See No. 2, 1723.)

12mo. 4 vols. 41 plates.

1724.

Paris.

This is probably the edition referred to by Charlevoix, although the title

page states printed in Paris.

8 NOUVEAU VOYAGE aux isles de l'Amerique, &c. 1722.) Ouvrage enrichi d'un grand nombre de et figures en taille-douce.

Quarto, 2 vols.

(See No. 8, cartes, plans, A la Haye.

A reprint, without any alteration except in the form, of the first edition of
Father Labat's New Voyage to the West Indies.

9 GENERAL ACLAMACION de la lealtad Mexicana; en la mas
solemne jura del luminar mas flamante el Señor del Luis I.
Por Don Patricio Antonio Lopez, Cazique de uno de los valles
de Antequera.

Small 4to. pp. 8.

With a curious woodcut of a bison or buffalo.

MDCCXXV.

Mexico.

1 THE GENERAL HISTORY of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly called the West Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the King of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera, historiographer to his Catholic Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Illustrated with cuts and maps. London. 8vo. 6 vols.

A

very indifferent translation, republished in 1740. (See 1726, No. 10.) 2 A RELATION of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and under his Grace's direction and orders, in the year 1722.

8vo. pp. 136, and maps.

Signed A. B., Charleton, in Kent.

London.

3 THE REPORT of the Lords of the Committee upon Governour Shute's Memorial; with his Majesty's order in council there

This report was made in consequence of the complaint of Governor Shute against the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, and the

1725.

result of it was that an explanatory charter should be drawn up for that province. (This tract was found among the papers of Governor Bernard, now in my possession.)

4 Journal des OBSERVATIONS physiques, mathematiques, et botaniques, faites par l'ordre du Roi sur les Côtes Orientales de l'Amerique Meridionale, et dans une autre voyage à la Nouvelle Espagne, et aux isles de l'Amerique. Par le P. Louis Feuillée, &c.

Quarto.

Paris.

The third volume of Father Feuillée's Journal. The first and second were published in 1714.

5 NOUVEAU VOYAGE fait autour du monde, par Le Gentil (la Barbinais), enrichi de plusieurs plans, vues, et perspectives des principales villes et ports du Pérou, du Chili, du Brésil, et de la Chine, avec une description beaucoup plus étendue que celles qui ont paru jusqu'à présent, où il est traité des mœurs, religion, politique, éducation, et commerce des peuples de ces empires.

12mo. 3 vols.

Paris.

Admiral Burney expresses a doubt whether this voyage was really made by
Le Gentil. The account, he says, is full of obscurity, which may have
proceeded from the ignorance of the writer on maritime subjects, and from
his general want of judgment. M. de Brosses has allowed credit to the
narration as being genuine, observing at the same time that it was one of
small importance to the history of navigation or commerce.
It is given
in the form of letters addressed to some unnamed correspondent between
1714 and 1718. Burney, iv. p. 508. Reprinted in 1727, 1728, 1731.

6 CRISIS DEL ENSAYO à la historia de la Florida.

Alcalà de Henares.

Quarto, pp. 55.
A severe criticism on Barcia's Ensayo chronologico, &c. 1723. Barcia, like
was an industrious and intelligent collector, but apparently not
an able writer. This criticism was written by the historiographer of
Spain and the Indies, Don Joseph de Salazar, author of several works of
no great merit, who was evidently jealous of Barcia's superior qualifica-
tions for his own employment.

MDCCXXVI.

1 A VOYAGE round the world by the way of the Great South Sea, performed in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of twenty-four guns and 100 men, (under H. M.'s commission to cruize on the Spaniards, in the late war with

the Spanish crown,) till she was cast away on the island of 1726.
Juan Fernandez, in May, 1720; and afterwards continued in
the Recovery, the Jesus Maria, and Sacra Familia, &c. By
Capt. George Shelvocke, commander of the Speedwell,
Recovery, &c. in this expedition.
London.

8vo. pp. 468, pl. 4, and map.

Two histories were published of this voyage. This, written by Captain Shelvocke, was intended by him as a vindication of his conduct, having been accused of piracy and embezzlement. The other was written by one of Shelvocke's officers, William Betagh (see 1728), who was roughly treated in Shelvocke's narrative, and, in return, wrote with the design of exposing Shelvocke. Both narratives are written with spirit. Burney. 2 THE STATE OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, chiefly in relation to its commerce, and the conduct of the Spaniards in the West Indies. Addressed to a member of Parliament. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica.

8vo. pp. 80.

London.

3 *HISTORY of the wars of New England with the Eastern Indians, from 1703 to 1713, and from 1722 to their submission, which was ratified 5th August, 1726.

12mo.

Boston.

4 THE VOYAGES and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in
several parts of the world, &c. To which is added, the
voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous preservation of Richard
Castelman, gent. With a description of the city of Phila-
delphia and the country of Pensylvania. London, J. Watts.
8vo. pp. 374.

Boyle's narrative is probably a fictitious one, but that of Castelman bears
marks of authenticity. The latter's visit to Philadelphia took place in
1710. Boyle's voyages have been often reprinted; but Castelman's
relation is only to be found in the early editions.

5 *A NARRATIVE of the proceedings of the people of South Carolina
in the year 1719.

Quarto.

In the British Museum.

6 LIFE AND CHARACTER of a monster from America.

8vo.

In the library of Harvard College.

London.

7 *ACTS OF THE ASSEMBLY of New York, from 1691 to 1725.

Folio.

In the British Museum.

New York.

1726. 8 THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS of Nathaniel Uring, with new draughts of the Bay of Honduras and the Caribbee Islands.

8vo.

Republished in 1749.

London.

9 RELACION HISTORIAL de las missiones de los Indios, que llaman
Chiquitos, que estan à cargo de los padres de la compañia de
Jesus de la provincia del Paraguay. Escrita por el padre
Juan Patricio Fernandez de la misma compañia.

luz por el Padre Geronimo Herran, &c.

Small 4to.

Published in Latin at Vienna in 1733.

Sacada à
Madrid.

10 HISTORIA GENERAL de los hechos de los Castellaños en las islas i tierra firme del mar oceano.

Escrita por Antonio de Herrera, coronista mayor de S. M. de las Indias y su coronista de Castilla.

Folio, 5 vols.

Madrid.

This work was printed between the years 1726 and 1730, the volumes bearing dates of all those years. It is merely a reprint of the original edition of 1601-1615, with the addition of a very copious index, compiled under the direction of Barcia, but without a continuation, as erroneously stated by Meusel. An edition was printed at Antwerp in 1728, with very indifferent and very useless plates, and the text abounding in typographical errors. It was published in French, at Paris, in 1659-71, and in English in 1725-6. For a very judicious criticism of this work of Herrera's, see Irving's Columbus, iv. p. 387.

11 VICTIMA REAL LEGAL, discurso unico juridico-historico-politico, sobre que las vacantes mayores de las Indias occidentales pertenecen à la corona de Castilla, y Leon con pleno y absoluto dominio. Por D. Antonio Joseph Alvarez de Abreu, Madrid.

&c. Folio.

In consequence of this vindication of the Royal right to the revenues
accruing from vacancies in the churches in America, the author had a
pension of a thousand ducats, and the title of Marquis de la Regalia
bestowed upon him by Philip V.

12 MEMORIAL informativo del consulado de la Ciudad de los
Reyes y la junta general del comercio de las provincias del
Peru, sobre diferentes puntos tocantes al estado de la real
hazienda y del comercio, &c. Por D. Dionysio de Alsedo y
Herrera.
(Lima?)

Folio, pp. 148.