Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, A complete collection of voyages and travels : consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch : together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language : containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. : the climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country : likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. : illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts : to which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements : together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation : originally published in two volumes in folio / by John Harris ..

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Edited by John Campbell.

First edition, London, 1705.

Imprint varies in v. 2 with the addition of J. Ward at the end of the list of booksellers.

Pagination: v. 1: [12], xvi, [4], 984 p., [27] leaves of plates; v. 2: [10], 1056, [22] p., [34] leaves of plates.

Title printed in red and black; woodcut head-and tail-pieces, initials.

Text in double columns.

Vol. 1 has an initial imprimatur leaf preceding t.p.

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SCDIRB copy (39088003699121, 39088004509865) has armorial bookplate of L.H. King-Harman of Newcastle.

SCDIRB copy imperfect: p. 279-280 of v. 1 mostly torn away, p. 467 torn in upper right corner.

SCDIRB copy quarter bound in modern brown goatskin and linen-cloth, title embossed on spine.

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Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Creators

Harris, John 1667?-1719 Campbell, John 1708-1775

Keywords

Voyages and travels Navigation Discoveries in geography Discovery and exploration

Name

engraver: Kitchin, Thomas 1718-1784 engraver: Bowen, Emanuel -1767 engraver: Gucht, Michael van der 1660-1725 former owner: King-Harman, L. H. DSI

Identifier

Call number: G160 .H314 1744 Call number: G160.H29X

Dates

Date: 1744 Date: 1748 Date: M.DCC.XLIV-M.DCC.XLVIII [1744-1748]

Physical Description

Physical description: 2 v., [61] leaves of plates (16 folded) : ill., ports., maps ; 42 cm. (fol.)

Additional Info

Place: America Place: Asia Place: Africa Title: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca Title: Complete collection of voyages and travels