The world displayed, or, A curious collection of voyages and travels
By: selected and compiled from the writers of all nations by Smart, Goldsmith & Johnson ; vol. I(-VIII).
Contributors: Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771.; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Harrison, William, ca. 1750-1803.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: First American edition corrected & enlarged, in eight volumes.
Publisher: Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: World displayed; Curious collection of voyages and travels
Notes: Evans 29926, 31664
Each v. has engraved t.p. signed: W. Harrison Senr. sculpt.
Plates signed: Scot & Allerdice, J. Seymour, F. Shallus, W. Barker, J. Thackara, E. Trenchard, J. Trenchard, F. Reiche; [12] plates are unsigned.
LC copy imperfect: 1 leaf of plates wanting from vol. IV.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introduction / [by Samuel Johnson]. Columbus's first voyage to America. Columbus's second voyage to America. Columbus's third voyage to America. Columbus's fourth voyage to America. A digression containing the discoveries made by other Spaniards while Columbus was engaged in the third voyage. Discoveries by the Spaniards from the death of Columbus to Cortes's expedition. Conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortes. Discovery of golden Castile. Conquest of Peru by Francis Pizarro; title: v. 2. The settlement of Brasil by the Portuguese. Discoveries of the English in America. Discoveries and settlements of the French in America. Discoveries and settlements of the Dutch in America. Discoveries of the Danes in America. The voyage of Sir Francis Drake round the world. The voyage of Schovten and Le Maire round the world. The voyage of Captain William Dampier round the world; title: v. 3. The voyage of Captain Woodes Rogers round the world. The voyage of Commodore Anson round the world. The voyage of Vasco de Gama to India. The voyage of Pedro Alvarez de Cabral to the East-Indies. The voyage of Captain James Lancaster to the East Indies. The expedition of Commodore Beaulieu to the East-Indies. The voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to the East-Indies. The voyage of Captain George Roberts to the Cape de Verd Islands; title: v. 4. The voyage of Peter Kolben to the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage of Commodore Roggewein for the discovery of southern lands. A description of the Maldiva Islands by Francis Pirard de Lavel. The voyage of Captain Thomas James for the discovery of a north-west passage to the South-Sea. The voyage of Henry Ellis for the discovery of a north west passage to the South seas. The travels of Henry Maundrell from Aleppo to Jerusalem. An account of the ruins of Balbec the ancient Heliopolis in Coelosyria. Travels into Syria and the Holy Land by Thomas Shaw. The travels of Mr. John Thevenot in the Levant; title: v. 5. The travels of Richard Pococke through Egypt. A journey to Palmyra or Tedmor in the desart by Mr. Robert Wood. A description of Aleppo and the adjacent parts by Alexander Russel. The travels of the ambassadors of the Duke of Holstein into Muscovy, Tartary and Persia. Travels of Jonas Hanway through Russia into Persia and back through Russia, Germany and Holland. An account of Denmark by the Lord Molesworth; title: v. 6. Travels of Sir John Chardin through Mingrella and Georgia into Persia. A new history of the East-Indies. A description of China by Louis Le Compte and P. Du Halde. A description of Guinea. Travels into the inland parts of Africa by Francis Moore. Of the religion of the Mahometans with a description of Mecca and Medina by Joseph Pitts. Shaw's travels through Barbary. The natural history of Norway by Erich Pontoppidon; title: v. 7. The travels of Mr. Maximillian Misson through Germany and Italy. Travels through Italy and Swisserland by Joseph Addison. Travels through France by Sacheverell Stevens. Travels through the most northern parts of Europe extracted from the journal of a gentleman employed by the North Sea Company of Copenhagen to make discoveries. Travels of Monsieur Maupertuis. A description of Spain and Portugal. A description of Sweden. An account of the Pelew Islands situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean composed from the journals and communications of Capt. Henry Wilson and some of his officers; title: v. 8. Introduction to Cook's last voyage. An account of Captain James Cooke. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean.