A general collection of voyages and discoveries, made by the Portuguese and the Spaniards, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
Subtitle: containing the interesting and entertaining voyages of the celebrated Gonzalez and Vaz, Gonzalez Zarco, Lanzerota, Diogo Gill, Cada Mosto, Pedro di Sintra, Diogo d'Azambuza, Bartholomew Dias, Vasco de Gama, voyages to the Canary Islands, voyages of Columbus, Nino and Guierra, Ojeda and Vespusius, Cortereal, Alvarez Cabral, Francis Almeed, Albuquerque, Andrea Corsali, voyage to St. Thomas, voyage of De Solis, Pinzon, &c., voyage of John Ponce, Grijalva, Nicuessa, Cortes, Ojeda and Ocampo, Magellan : with other voyages, to the East-Indies, the West-Indies, round the world, &c. : adorned with copper-plates, maps, &c.
Contributors: Richardson, W., printer.; Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress); Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Published by W. Richardson, ...  J. Bew, ... T. Hookham, ... J. and T. Egerton, ... and C. Stalker ...
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800; Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese; Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
Genres: Early works to 1800
Notes: Apparently originally intended to be published in more than one volume; Vol. 1 printed throughout on signature line; no more published.

The map of India called for in the list of plates was never issued, and one of the West Indies replaced by one the East Indies.

Signatures: [A]⁶, B-H⁴, I², K-Q⁴, R², S-T⁴, U², X⁴, Y-Z ², 2A-2D⁴, 2E², 2F-2I⁴, 2K² 2L-2M⁴, 2N², 2O-2R⁴, 2S², 2T-2U⁴, 2X², 2Y-2Z⁴, 3A², 3B-3C⁴, 3D², 3E-3H⁴, 3I², 3K-3L⁴, 3M², 3N-3O⁴, 3P², 3Q-3R⁴, 3S², 3T-3U⁴, 3X², 3y-3Z⁴, 4A², 4B-4E⁴.

Page 483-484 repeated in pagination.

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