Ecuador -- History -- To 1809; Peru -- History -- 1548-1820; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548; Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548
Being the Remarks of Captain W. COATS, in many Voyages to that locality,
between the years 1727 and 1751. With an Appendix containing Extracts
from the Log of Captain MIDDLETON on his Voyage for the Discovery of the
North-west Passage, in H.M.S. “Furnace,” in 1741-3. Edited by JOHN
BARROW, F.R.S., F.S.A. pp. x. 147. Index.
_Issued for 1852._
12--Notes upon Russia,
(Vol. 1. = No. 10.) Vol. 2. pp. iv. 266. 2 Maps. 1 Illus. Index.
_(Out of print.) Issued for 1852._
13 A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East,
Towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594,
1595 and 1596, with their Discovery of Spitzbergen, their residence of
ten months in Novaya Zemlya, and their safe return in two open boats. By
GERRIT DE VEER. Published at Amsterdam in 1598, & in 1609 translated
into English by WILLIAM PHILIP. Edited by CHARLES TILSTONE BEKE, Ph. D.,
F.S.A. pp. cxlii. 291. 4 Maps. 12 Illus. Index.
_(Out of print. See also No. 54.) Issued for 1853._
14-15--The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the
Situation Thereof.
Compiled by the Padre JUAN GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA, & now reprinted from the
Early Translation of R. Parke. Edited by SIR GEORGE THOMAS STAUNTON,
Bart., M.P., F.R.S. With an Introduction by RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, F.S.A.,
Keeper of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S., 2 vols. Index.
_(Vol. 14 out of print.) Issued for 1854._
16--The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake.
Being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. [By SIR FRANCIS DRAKE,
the Younger.] Collated with an unpublished Manuscript of Francis
Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition. With Appendices illustrative of
the same Voyage, and Introduction, by WILLIAM SANDYS WRIGHT VAUX,
F.R.S., Keeper of Coins, British Museum. pp. xl. 295. 1 Map. Index.
_(Out of print.) Issued for 1855._
17--The History of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China,
Including the two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verbiest, in
the suite of the Emperor Kang-Hi. From the French of Père PIERRE JOSEPH
D’ORLÉANS, of the Company of Jesus, 1688. To which is added Father
Pereira’s Journey into Tartary in the suite of the same Emperor. From
the Dutch of NICOLAAS WITSEN. Translated and Edited by the EARL OF
ELLESMERE. With an Introduction by RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, F.S.A., Keeper
of Maps, British Museum, Sec. R.G.S. pp. xv. vi. 153. Index.
_(Out of print.) Issued for 1855._
18--A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland,
Comprising a Translation from F. MARTENS’ Voyage to Spitzbergen, 1671; a
Translation from ISAAC DE LA PEYRÈRE’S Histoire du Groenland, 1663, and
God’s Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men in Greenland
Nine Moneths and Twelve Dayes. 1630. Edited by ADAM WHITE, of the
British Museum. pp. xvi. 288. 2 Maps. Index.
_Issued for 1856._
19--The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco Islands,
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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