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1740.

French in 1751. It purports to be written on the spot, but is more probably a compilation. There is a great deal in it relating to Morgan and the Buccaneers.

2 A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen; who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate; treated in the most inhuman manner; set on shore on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obliged to travel over land from the Gul of Honduras to the great South Sea, being 2400 miles. Containing many new and useful discoveries of the inland of those almost unknown parts of America; and an exact account of the manners, customs, and behaviour of the several Indians inhabiting so vast a tract of land. The second edition. To which is annexed, the travels of Mr. Nicholas Whithington in the East Indies, &c. London.

8vo.

The first edition was printed in 1735. This is probably the same, with merely a new title-page.

3 A GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the coasts, harbours, and sea-ports of the Spanish West Indies; particularly of Porto Bello, Cartagena, and the island of Cuba. With observations of the currents and the variations of the compass in the bay of Mexico, and the North Sea of America. Translated from a curious and authentic manuscript, written in Spanish by Domingo Gonsalez Carranza, H. C. M.'s principal Pilot of the Flota in New Spain. Anno 1718. To which is added (&c. &c. &c.)

8vo. pp. 136, and 5 maps and plans.

London.

4 MEMOIRS and considerations concerning the trade and revenues of the British Colonies in America. With proposals for rendering those colonies more beneficial to Great Britain. By John Ashley, esq.

8vo. pp. 154.

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London.

This pamphlet relates principally to the produce of sugar in the West
Indies, and the markets for it.

5 *THE PRESENT STATE of the British and French Colonies. By

W. Perrin.

London.

Gent.'s Mag. 1740.

6 A GEOGRAPHICAL and historical description of the principal 1740. objects of the present war in the West Indies. London.

8vo.

Gent.'s Mag. 1740.

7 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his embarking after the embargo, to his arrival at Savannah,

in Georgia.

8vo. pp. 88.

London.

8 *JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE from Savannah to Philadelphia and England. By William Seward.

Quarto.

In the British Museum.

London.

9 Two LETTERS to Mr. Wood, on the coin and currency in the Leeward islands, &c.

8vo. pp. 61.

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London.

10 AN AUTHENTICK and particular account of the taking of Car-
thagena by the French, in the year 1697. Containing an
exact relation of that expedition (in all its circumstances),
from their first setting out, to their return to Brest; wherein
are described their several engagements with the English
fleets in their passage home. By the Sieur Pointis, com-
mander in chief. With a preface, giving an account of the
original of Carthagena in 1532 to the present time; also an
account of the climate and product of that place,and the
country adjacent. The second edition.
8vo. pp. 86.

First printed in 1699.

London.

11 THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE of Capt. Thomas James, &c. The second edition, revised and corrected.

London.

8vo. pp. 142 and map.

First printed in the year 1633.

12 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Nevis, from 1664 to 1739 inclusive.

Folio.

London.

13 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY passed in the island of Montserrat; from

1668 to 1740 inclusive.

London.

Folio.

14 A COLLECTION of charters of Pennsylvania.

London.

In the British Museum.

1740. 15 CONTINENTE AMERICANO, Argonauta de las costas de Nueva España, y Tierra Firme, Islas y Baxos de esta navigacion, longitud y altura de Polo de sus Puertos y noticias de estas habitaciones. (Cadiz ?)

8vo.

The author says, in his Introduction, that he entered the Royal service at the age of 14, and served by land and sea from 1695 to 1725, during which period he collected, principally from personal observation, the information contained in this work.

16 RESTABLECIMIENTO DE LAS FABRICAS Y COMERCIO ESPANOL: errores que se padecen en las causales de su cadencia, quales son los legitimos obstaculos que le destruyen, y los medios chicaces de que florezca. Parte Primera: Que trata que sea comercio, quales sus partes y diferencias: qual el que goza España y el que necesita mantener con las naciones para el restablecimiento de las Fabricas y Trafico terrestre: con un extracto del Libro de D.Geronimo Uztariz, theorica y practica de comercio y Marina. Segunda Parte: Que trata del Comercio y Trafico maritimo, que tiene España con las naciones y en la America: causales de su decadencia, y medios con que se debe aumentar y estender para beneficio destos Reynos y aumento de las fuerzas maritimas de ellos y su poblacion. Su autor Don Bernardo de Ulloa. Madrid. Small Svo.

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This work contains some particulars relating to the commerce between Spain and America, and is included in the list given by Robertson, at the end of his History of America.

17 AVISO HISTORICO, politico, geographico, con las noticias mas particulares del Peru, Tierra-firme, Chile, y nuevo reyno de Granada, en la relacion de los sucessos de 205 años, por la chronologia de los adelantados, etc. desde el año 1535, hasta el de 1740. Y razon de todo lo obrado por los Ingleses en aquellos reynos por las costas de los dos mares del norte y del sur, desde el año de 1567, hasta el de 1739. Por D. Dionisio de Alcedo y Herrera. Madrid.

Small 4to.

18 INFORME que hace à S. M. el padre Joseph Gumilla, sobre
impedir à los Indios Caribes y à los Olandeses las hostilida-
des, que experimentan las colonias del gran Rio Orinoco, y
los medios mas oportunos para este fin.
(Madrid?)

Folio, pp. 16, with a map of part of the Orinoco.

Very rare, apparently not printed for sale.

MDCCXLI.

1 A COLLECTION of voyages and travels, in three parts. Part 1. The dangerous voyage of Captain James, &c. II. The Sieur de Pointi's voyage to America, &c. III. A description of Carolana, &c. By Daniel Coxe, esq. London.

8vo.

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This volume contains No. 10 and 11 of 1740, and the following work, bound up together, with a general title.

2 A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF CAROLANA, by the Spaniards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane, viz. 1. A description of the great and famous river Merchacebe or Missisipi. II. A description of the countries, people, rivers, bays, harbours, and islands, to the east of the Merchacebe. III. A description of the sea coast, the large rivers, their heads and courses to the west of Merchacebe.

IV. A description of the five great seas or lakes of fresh water. V. A new and curious discovery of an easy communication between the river Merchacebe and the South Sea, which separates America from China by means of several large rivers and lakes; with a description of the said sea to the streights of Uries; as also of a rich and considerable trade to be carried on from thence to Japan, China, and Tartary. vi. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich commodities, which this province naturally produces. VII. An appendix, containing the original charter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust manner of the French usurping of it, their prodigious increase there, &c., and the inevitable danger our other colonies on the continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented; interspersed with many useful hints in regard to our plantations in general. To which is added, a large and accurate. map of Carolana, and of the river Merchacebe. By Daniel Coxe, esq. London.

8vo.

The edition of 1722, with a new title-page.

1740.

1741. 3 THE BRITISH EMPIRE in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress, and state of the British colonies on the continent and islands of America. Second edition, corrected and amended. With a continuation of the history, and the variation in the state and trade of those colonies, from the year 1710 to the present time. Including occasional remarks, and the most feasible and useful methods for their improvement and security. London.

8vo. 2 vols. maps.

First printed in 1708. The first volume describes the British possessions
on the continent of North America, and the second those in the West
Indies.

4 A TRUE AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE of the colony of Georgia
in America, from the first settlement thereof until this pre-
sent period containing the most authentick facts, matters,
and transactions therein; together with his Majesty's charter,
representations of the people, letters, &c., and a dedication
to H. E. General Oglethorpe. By Pat. Tailfer, M.D., Hugh
Anderson, M.A., Da. Douglas, and others, landholders in
Georgia, at present in Charles-town, in South Carolina.
8vo. pp. 118.
Charles-town, S.C.

This pamphlet was reprinted in London, without a date, but probably in
the same year. It places the conduct of General Oglethorpe in a very
different light from that in which it has generally been represented. An
old мs. note at the beginning of the book says that it shews him in his
true colours.

5 AN IMPARTIAL INQUIRY into the state and utility of the province of Georgia.

8vo. pp. 104.

London.

A very well-written tract, defending Georgia from the many reports which had been industriously propagated to the disadvantage of that colony.

6 AN ACCOUNT shewing the progress of the colony of Georgia, in America, from its first establishment.

London:

Folio, pp. 71.

This account was published by the trustees.

7 THE CURRENCIES of the British plantations in America.
8vo.

London.

8 AN ACCOUNT of money received and disbursed for the Orphanhouse in Georgia. By George Whitefield, A.B. late of Pem

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