new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels
Subtitle: from the earliest accounts to the present time : judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other languages : comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world : including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres, and deliverances, both by sea and land : also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakesm, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries : the whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : illustrated with maps from the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion and other celebrated masters
By: by Edward Cavendish Drake ...
Contributors: Cooke, John, printer.; Dickinson, Benjamin, d. 1806, signer.; Dickinson, Benjamin, d. 1806, former owner.
Publisher: Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 706
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned, B-8P²,8Q¹.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-114474547.

WSU MASC copy signed "Benjamin Dickinson" on front pastedown.

WSU MASC copy has armorial bookplate of Benjamin Dickinson on front pastedown.