The curious traveller. : Being a choice collection of very remarkable histotories [sic], voyages, travels, &c. Digested into familiar letters and conversations. Containing among many other particulars, the following: The Spanish cruelties in the West-Indies. A curious account of the snow alps. A tragical account relating to a shipwreck. Of the troubles and conspiracies at the Russian court. Of the burning mountain. Of the common-wealth of bees. An account of crocodiles. Curiosities discover'd at Hanover. An account of a terrible earthquake. The siege of Prom. Mahometans in the Indies. A description of the city of Hamburg. The white island. St. Mark at Venice. Bull-baiting at Venice. Fortune telling ridiculed. A curious monument in Persia. An hospital for monkeys. A mock sea fight on the river Thames. The ruins of Persepolis. The history of snow. Observations on the art of painting. An insurrection at Muscow. A widow burns herself for the death of her husband. A strategem of a negro at Fida. Maurice Island. An account of thunder and lightning. The Rasbut robbers, &c..
London: : Printed for J. Rowland, at No 14 in Exeter Exchange in the Strand.,
MDCCXLII [1742]..
Adorn'd with cuts--t.p.
Variant titlepage has "histories" spelled correctly.
Running title: Curious relations, or, The entertaining correspondent.
With an index.
ESTC
Voyages and travels
Curiosities and wonders