A New general collection of voyages and travels
Subtitle: consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language : comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America ... : also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants, their religion and government, arts and sciences, trades and manufacturers, so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations ...
By: published by His Majesty's authority.
Contributors: Green, John, d. 1757.; Astley, Thomas, d. 1759.
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Astley
Published: 1745
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Voyages and travels.
Notes: Compiled by John Green, but known as the Astley collection.

Vol. 1: xi, [13], 680 p., viii, xv leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: viii, [4], 732 p., lxxii leaves of plates (some folded); v. 3: vi, [4], 605, [1] p., lviii leaves of plates (some folded); v. 4: xii, [4], 751, [23] p., lxxiii leaves of plates (some folded).

Signatures: v. 1: pi4 a-b4 B-4R4; v. 2: A-4Z4 5A2; v. 3: pi2 a2 chi1 B-4B4 4H3; v. 4: [a]-b4 B-5C4 5D-5N2 chi.

Library copy imperfect: some plates lacking.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. First voyages of the Portugueze to the East Indies, 1418-1546 ; First voyages of the English to Guinea, and the East Indies, 1552-1598 ; First voyages of the English to the East Indies, set forth by the company of merchants, 1600-1630 ; Voyages to several parts of Africa and the islands adjacent, 1455-1721; value: v. 2. Voyages and travels along the western coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to Sierra Leona, 1637-1735 ; Voyages and travels to Guinea and Benin, 1666-1726 ; A description of Guinea; value: v. 3. Voyages and travels to Guinea, Benin, Kongo and Angola ; Description of Loango, Kongo, Angola, Benguela, and adjacent countries ; Description of the countries along the eastern coast of Africa, from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Guarda Fuy ; Voyages and travels in China, 1655-1722; value: v. 4. A description of China ; A description of Korea, eastern Tartary and Tibet ; travels through Tartary, Tibet, and Bukhâria, to and from China, 1246-1698.