1704. which are added, some few that have formerly appeared in English, but do now for their excellency and scarcenes deserve to be reprinted. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning to the perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great number of useful maps and cuts, all engraven on copper. In four volumes. Folio, 4 vols. London. This collection, generally known by the name of the publisher, Churchill, is to be found under the dates of 1732, 1744, 1752, &c. Two more volumes were published some years afterwards; and Osborne's Collection, printed in 1745, is generally added, to make the set complete. See 1732 and 1745. 4 HISTORIA de la conquista de Mexico por D. Antonio de Solis. Nueva edicion, enriquecida con diversas estampas, y aumentada con la vida del autor que escrivió D. Juan de Goyeneche. Folio. Brusselas. This edition is recommended by De Bure on account of the plates. MDCCV. 1 THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA, in four parts. 1. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time. II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. III. The native Indians, their religion, laws and customs, in war and peace. IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land. By a native and inhabitant of the place. London. 8vo. 15 plates. The frontispiece has " By R. B. gent." which is understood to stand for 2 JAMAICA VIEWED, &c. (First printed in 1661.) The third Small 4to. map. This tract is printed with several others by the same author, a very eccentric writer, who, after having been an officer in the army, took orders and became a priest, "when he gave much offence to his brethren by his wild and often scurrilous attacks on the church, in a variety of pamphlets." Chalmers. 3 *PARTY TYRANNY, or an occasional bill in miniature; as now 175. practised in Carolina. Humbly offered to the consideration of both houses of Parliament. Small 4to. pp. 30. Attributed to the celebrated Daniel De Foe. London. 4 A PLAIN AND FRIENDLY PERSUASIVE to the inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland for promoting towns and cohabitation. By a Wellwisher to both Governments. Small 4to. pp. 16. London. 5 REASONS, by Capt. Le Wright, shewing why her Majesty ou_ht to enter upon her propriety, now on the continent of America. Quarto, pp. 8. London. A project for a new settlement at Darien, in which the projector, referring to the failure of the Scots company, says, "we are Low addressing to the English, between whom and the Scots we allow no comparison in point of trade." 6 NAVIGANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM BIBLIOTA; or a compleat collection of voyages and travels: consisting of above 400 of the most authentic writers; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, in Italian: Thevenot, &c. in French; De Bry and Grynæi Novus Orbis, in Latin; the Dutch East-India company, in Dutch: and continued with others of note that have published histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, in the English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or Dutch tongues; relating to any part of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, to this present time. With the heads of several of our most considerable sea-commanders; and a great number of excellent maps of all parts of the world, and cuts of most curious things in all the voyages. To which is prefixed, a history of the peopling of the several parts of the world, and particularly of America &c. By John Harris, A.M. London. Folio, 2 vols. It First edition, reprinted in 1744-8, with great alterations and additions. appears to have been got up in competition with Churchill's Collection, but differs entirely from that work, being a history of all the known voyages and travels, whereas Churchill's is a collection of some particular relations and histories. 7 TRAITÉ DES FOUGERES de l'Amerique. Par le R. P. Charles Plumier, Minime de la province de France, et Botaniste du Roy dans les Isles de l'Amerique. Paris. 1705. Folio. 172 plates. 8 *THORMODI TORFÆI, historia Vinlandiæ antiquæ seu partis Small 8vo. Hafnia. A rare book (republished in 1715,) showing that the northern nations had a knowledge of the American continent prior to the discoveries of Columbus. MDCCVI. 1 A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS from New Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North America, by George Keith, A.M. late Missionary from the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, and now rector of Edburton, in Sussex. Quarto, pp. 96. London. This work contains little more than an account of the sermons preached by the author at the different places through which he travelled. George Keith is the same person who some years before defended the Quakers against Increase and Cotton Mather, but afterwards turned against the Quakers himself, and became a Baptist. 2 AN ACCOUNT of the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, established by the royal charter of King William III. With their proceedings and success, and hopes of continual progress under the happy reign of Queen Anne. Quarto, pp. 97. London. 3 HISTOIRE DE LA DECOUVERTE et de la conquète du Perou, traduite de l'Espagnol d'Augustin de Zarate par S. D. C. 12mo. 2 vols. Paris. Zarate's history of the discovery and conquest of Peru was first printed in Spanish at Antwerp in 1555, in small octavo, afterwards in 1577 at Seville, in folio, and in Barcia's Historiadores in 1749. It was translated into English by T. Nicholas, and printed in 1581, in small quarto, black letter. "Zarate's history, whether we attend to its matter or composition, is a 3 *PARTY TYRANNY, or an occasional bill in miniature; as now 1705. practised in Carolina. Humbly offered to the consideration of both houses of Parliament. Small 4to. pp. 30. Attributed to the celebrated Daniel De Foe. London. 4 *A PLAIN AND FRIENDLY PERSUASIVE to the inhabitants of London. 5 REASONS, by Capt. Le Wright, shewing why her Majesty ought to enter upon her propriety, now on the continent of America. Quarto, pp. 8. London. A project for a new settlement at Darien, in which the projector, referring to the failure of the Scots company, says, "we are now addressing to the English, between whom and the Scots we allow no comparison in point of trade." 6 NAVIGANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM BIBLIOTECA; or a compleat collection of voyages and travels: consisting of above 400 of the most authentic writers; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, in Italian: Thevenot, &c. in French; De Bry and Grynæi Novus Orbis, in Latin; the Dutch East-India company, in Dutch: and continued with others of note that have published histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, in the English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or Dutch tongues; relating to any part of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, to this present time. With the heads of several of our most considerable sea-commanders; and a great number of excellent maps of all parts of the world, and cuts of most curious things in all the voyages. To which is prefixed, a history of the peopling of the several parts of the world, and particularly of America &c. By John Harris, A.M. London. Folio, 2 vols. First edition, reprinted in 1744-8, with great alterations and additions. It appears to have been got up in competition with Churchill's Collection, but differs entirely from that work, being a history of all the known voyages and travels, whereas Churchill's is a collection of some particular relations and histories. 7 TRAITÉ DES FOUGERES de l'Amerique. Par le R. P. Charles Paris. 1705. Folio. 172 plates. 8 *THORMODI TORFÆI, historia Vinlandiæ antiquæ seu partis Small 8vo. Hafnia. A rare book (republished in 1715,) showing that the northern nations had a knowledge of the American continent prior to the discoveries of Columbus. MDCCVI. 1 A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS from New Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North America, by George Keith, A.M. late Missionary from the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, and now rector of Edburton, in Sussex. Quarto, pp. 96. London. This work contains little more than an account of the sermons preached by the author at the different places through which he travelled. George Keith is the same person who some years before defended the Quakers against Increase and Cotton Mather, but afterwards turned against the Quakers himself, and became a Baptist. 2 AN ACCOUNT of the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, established by the royal charter of King William III. With their proceedings and success, and hopes of continual progress under the happy reign of Queen Anne. Quarto, pp. 97. London. 3 HISTOIRE DE LA DECOUVERTE et de la conquète du Perou, traduite de l'Espagnol d'Augustin de Zarate par S. D. C. 12mo. 2 vols. Paris. Zarate's history of the discovery and conquest of Peru was first printed in Spanish at Antwerp in 1555, in small octavo, afterwards in 1577 at Seville, in folio, and in Barcia's Historiadores in 1749. It was translated into English by T. Nicholas, and printed in 1581, in small quarto, black letter. "Zarate's history, whether we attend to its matter or composition, is a |
