1756 Voyages MAPS of Pizzaro INCA Empire PERU Chile Panama las Casas Amazon

1756 Voyages MAPS of Pizzaro INCA Empire PERU Chile Panama las Casas Amazon

The ‘General History of Voyages’ by abbe Prevost is one of the largest and most impressive collections of stories of expeditions and world exploration printed in Europe during the 18^th-century. It has been highly collectable and desirable since its first printing, not only from the fascinating contents but from the full-page and folding engravings depicting scenes of exploration and unknown peoples. According to Hill, this work is an

“important collection, which includes accounts of many early voyages. It includes accounts of all the major early Australian voyages as well as an account of the Dutch discovery of Australia, including Roggeveen’s voyage to the Southern Lands, Dutch and French voyages to the East Indies, voyages to China, and voyages of the British East India Company to India and Ceylon.”

This volume from the 1754 edition contains highly desirable content including:

• Voyages of Barthelemi de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapas
  • Accounts of Destruction of the Indies
• Voyages of Jacques Cartier
• Discoveries of Peru by Pizarro
  • Establishments in Venezuela
• Discovery of Chile by Pizarro
• Voyages of Vacca de Castro, Blasco Nunez de Vela, Pierre de la Gasca
• Voyages of Juan d’Ulloa
  • Description of Panama
  • Description of the Amazon River
  • Description of the capital of Chile, Santiago
• Origins of the Inca people and ancient empires in Peru
• Famous routes, corridors, rivers through the Andes Mountains

Item number: #21364

Price: $750

PREVOST, abbe

Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre

Paris: chez la veuve Didot, 1756.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • vi, [2], 658, [2]
  • 24 engravings including 12 maps (10 folding)
• References: Sabin 65402; Hill 1391
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm)

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