A CATALOGUE AND CHARACTER OF MOST BOOKS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. Latin. DEfcriptio Africa, 8°. De Lege Mahumetica, and These four by John Leo, a fpaniard by birth, and a mahometan by education, but afterwards converted, who before his converfion travelled through the greatest part of Afric, and has given the best light into it of any writer, as Johannes Bodinus affirms. He firft writ them in the arabic for his own nation, but afterwards tranflated them himself into italian, and John Florianus into latin. He gives an excellent account of the religion, laws, customs and manners of the people of Afric, but is too brief in martial affairs and the lives of the african princes. Epiftola viginti fex de rebus Japonicis, or twenty-fix letters concerning the affairs of Japan, to be feen in feveral collections of this fort of letters. Hiftorica relatio de legatione regis Sinenfium ad regem Japonum: or an account of the embaffy fent by the emperor of China to Tai cofoma cofoma king of Japan, An. 1596. and of the strange prodigies that happened before the embaffy, Rome 1599. 8°. Hiftorica relatio de rebus per Japoniam, An. 1596. à patribus focictatis durante perfecutione geftis: or an account of the proceedings of the jefuits in Japan, in the year 1596, during the perfecu. tion. Thefe three by F. Lewis Froes, a jefuit who lived fortynine years in the east, and thirty-fix of them in the island of Japan as a miffioner. It is believed these relations were writ in portuguese by the author, and afterwards tranflated into latin. De Abaffinorum rebus, deque Æthiopia patriarchis, Lions 1615.8°. The author was F. Nicholas Godinho, a portuguese jefuit, who divides his work into three books, and in it refutes the fabulous history writ by F. Urreta. Itinerarium ab oppido Complutenfi Toletanæ provinciæ ufque ad urbem Romanam. A journal of a journey from the university of Alcala in Spain to Rome, by Dr. James Lopez de Zuniga, a pious and learned man. Litera annua. The annual or yearly letters out of Ethiopia, China, India, and other parts, give much light into the affairs of those countries, and are to be found in feveral volumes, and scattered in collections of travels; of all which it will be needlefs to give any account in this place. Athanafii Kircheri è focietate Jefu China, monumentis qua facris qua profanis, illuftrata, fol. This is a complete hiftory of China, and held in great reputation for fome years, but of late its repu tation has declined, fince fo many books of that empire have appeared writ by miffioners, who have refided there many years, and difcovered great miftakes in Kircher. Fobi Ludolfi hiftoria Ethiopica, fol. This hiftory of Æthiopia is written by a german, who having gathered most of it from the writings of the jefuits, yet makes it his bufinefs to contradict them, from the information given him by an ethiopian he was acquainted with in Germany, for he was never near Ethiopia himfelf; and his whole book has more of controverfy, and of the ethiopian language, than of hiftory. Relatio eorum que circa S. Caf. Majeft. ad magnum Mofcorum Czarum ablegatos anno ara chriftianæ 1675. gefta funt, ftrictim recenfita per Adolphum Lyfeck, dicta legationis fecretarium, 8°. Saltzburg 1676. In this account of an embaffy to the czar of Mufcovy, we have an account of his travels through Silefia, Pomerania, Pruffia, Lithuania, and Mufcovy, to the court of Mofcow, and of all things of note the author faw or heard of, being an ingenious perfon, and having a greater privilege than common travellers, as fecretary to the embaffy. Giorn. de Letter. Johannis Schefferi Argentoratenfis Lapponia, id eft regionis Laponum & gentis nova & veriffima defcriptio, 4°. Lipfia 1674. An account account of Lapland, which though it be not by way of travels, well deferves a place here, because we shall scarce find travellers that will go into that frozen region to bring us a juft relation of it. This however is authentic, as gathered from the fwedish writers, who are best acquainted with those parts. Theodori & Jahannis de Brye India orientalis & occidentalis, 6 vols. fol. Frankfort 1624. This collection being three volumes of the Eaft and three of the Weft-Indies, begins with a particular account of the kingdom of Congo in Afric, as lying in the way to, and having accordingly been difcovered before India; this account tranflated from the italian writ by Philip Pigafetta. Next follows five voyages of Samuel Bruno of Bafil, the three first to Congo, Ethiopia, and other parts round the coaft of Afric; the fourth to several parts in the Straits, and the fifth to Portugal and Spain, &c. tranflated into latin from the author's original in high dutch. The next are Linfchoten's indian voyages, tranflated from the dutch, and containing a very full account of all things remarkable in those parts. Then three dutch voyages to the north-east paffage, and after them a great number of cuts and maps, befides very many difperfed throughout the book, and a confiderable number at the beginning. These are the contents of the first volume. The second begins with a large account of Bantam, Banda, Ternate, and other parts of India, being a voyage of eight dutch fhips into thofe parts in the year 1598, tranflated out of high dutch. After that the defcription of Guinea, out of high dutch. Spilberg's voyage, An. 1601. Gafpar Balbi's voyage, An. 1579. In the third volume Jacob Neck's voyage, An. 1603. Jo. Hermon de Bree, An. 1602. Corn. Nicolas, Cornelius Ven, and Stephen de Hagen, all to India. Verhuff's voyage to India, An. 1607. Dialogues in latin and the malayc language. Hudfon's voyage to the north-eaft paffage. An account of Terra Australis incognita, by capt. Peter Ferdinand de Quir; and the defcription of Siberia, Samoieda, and Tingoefia. Two voyages of Americus Vefputius to the Eaft-Indies. A very ftrange relation of an englishman, who being fhipwrecked on the coaft of Cambaia, travelled through many of those eastern countries; and the defcription of the northern country of Spitzbergen: the whole illuftrated with a vaft number of maps and other cuts. Thus far the three volumes of the Eaft-Indies. The three of the Weft are compofed of these parts. Vol. I. an ample account of Virginia. The unfortunate expedition of the french to Florida, An. 1565. Laudonniere's voyage thither, An. 1574. Two voyages of John Stadius to Brazil and the river of Plate, where he lived among the Indians. Leri's account of Brazil. Villagano's voyage to South America. Benzo's hiftory of the difcovery of America. Vol. II. The fecond and third parts of Benzo's history of the Weft-Indies. Faber's defcription of feveral parts of America, where he travelled. Voyages of fir LL 2 F. Drake, F. Drake, Cavendith and Raleigh. Dutch expedition to the Canaries. General account of America. Sebald de Weert's voyage through the ftraits of Magellan. Noort round the world. Vol. III. Two voyages of Americus Vefputius. Hamor's account of the ftate of Virginia. Captain Smith's description of New-England. Schouten and Le Maire's difcovery of a new paffage into the South-fea, called Strait le Maire. Spilbergen's voyage through the ftraits of Magellan. Herrera's defcription of the Weft-Indies. These are the contents of the fix volumes, the whole illuftrated and adorned with fuch a vaft number of maps and cuts, reprefenting all fuch things as require it, that the like is not in any other collection, nor is it likely that any will be at fo exceffive an expence. To be fhort, this collection is a fmall library, including all the voyages and difcoveries of any note till the time it was published, when most of the remote parts began to be well known, and therefore is of excellent ufe and great value. Italian. Delle navigationi & viaggi, raccolfe da M. Gio Battista Ramufic, Venice, 3 vols. fol. 1613. Ramufio's collection of voyages and travels, the most perfect work of that nature extant in any language whatfoever: containing all the difcoveries to the eaft, weft, north, and fouth; with full defcriptions of all the countries difcovered; judiciously compiled, and free from that great mafs of useless matter, which fwells our english Hackluyt and Pur chas; much more complete and full than the latin de Brye, and in fine, the nobleft work of this nature. The contents of it as briefly as may be fet down, are as follow. In the first volume, John Leo's defcription of Afric. Alvife de ca da Mofto's voyage, and that of Peter de Santra to the coaft of Afric. Hanno the carthaginian's navigation on the coaft of Afric. Voyage from Lisbon to the island of S. Thomas. Gama's voyage to Calicut. Peter Alvarez to India. Two voyages of Americus Vefputius. Voyages to India by Tho. Lopez and Gio. da Empoli. Barthema's travels to, and account of India. Corfali to India. Alvarez to Ethiopia. Difcourfe of the overflowing of the Nile. Nearchus admiral to Alexander the great, his navigation. Voyage down the Red-fea to Diu. Barbofa of the EastIndies. Voyages of Conti, and S. Stephano. Firft voyage round the world performed by the fpaniards. Gaeton of the discovery of the Molucco Iflands. Account of Japan. Extracts of Barros's Hiftory of India. The fecond volume; Marcus Paulus Venetus's travels. Hayton the armenian of the great chams or emperors of Tartary. Angiolello of the wars betwixt Uffuncaflan king of Perfia, and Mahomet emperor of the Turks; of Ifmael Sophy and the fultan of Babylon, and of Selim the turk's turk's fubduing the mamalucks. Barbaro's travels to Tartary and Perfia. Contarino's embaffy from the republic of Venice to Uffuncaffan king of Perfia. Campenfe of Mufcovy. Jovius of Mufcovy. Arianus of the Euxine, or Black-fca. Geor. Interiano of the circaffians. Quini's fhipwreck and adventures in 60 degrees of north latitude. The fame by Christ. Fioravante and J. de Michele, who were with him. Baron Herberftain of Mufcovy and Ruffia. Zeno's voyage to Perfia. Nich. and Ant. Zeni's difcovery of Frizeland, Iceland, and to the north pole. Two voyages to Tartary by dominicans fent by pope Innocent IV. Ódoricus's two voyages into the eaft. Cabot's voyage into the north-west. Guagnino's defcription of Poland, Mufcovy, and part of Tartary. The fame by Micheorus. In the third volume; an abridgment of Peter Martyr of Angleria, his decads of the discovery of the Weft-Indies. An abridgment of Oviedo's history of the Weft-Indies. Cortes's account of his discovery and conqueft of Mexico. Alvarado of his conquest and discovery of other provinces above Mexico. Godoy of feveral difcoveries and conquefts in New-Spain. Account of Mexico and New-Spain, by a gentleman belonging to Cortes. Alvar Nunez of the fuccefs of the fleet fet out by Pamphilo de Narvaez, and his ftrange adventures for ten years. Nunno de Guzman of feveral cities and provinces of New-Spain. Francis de Ulloa's voyage to California. Vafquez Coronado and Marco de Nizza of the provinces north of New-Spain. Alarcon's voyage by fea to difcover the feven cities north of Mexico. Difcovery and conqueft of Peru, writ by a spanish captain. Xeres's conqueft of Peru. The fame by Pizarro's fecretary. Oviedo's account of a voyage up the great river of Maranon. Verazzano's discovery of north America. Jaques Cortier's first and fecond voyages to Canada or New-France. Federici's voyage to India, with a large account of the fpice, drugs, jewels, and pearls in those parts. Three voyages of the dutch to discover the north-eaft paffage to China and Japan, in which they found the straits of Weygats and Nova Zembla, and the coaft of Greenland running to 80 degrees of north latitude. Thefe, with many learned difcourfes and obfervations of the author's are the contents of the three volumes. Prima fpeditione all' Indie orientali del P. F. Giofeppe di Santa Maria, 4°. Roma 1668. This author was fent by pope Alexander VII. to the malabar christians of S. Thomas, being himself a barefoot carmelite, and has in this left a most excellent piece of curiofity. He gives a very particular account of the places and people he faw, of birds, beafts, and other animals, and of the philofophy of the brachmans, their fecrets, and of all the other malabars, as alfo of the infinite number of their gods. Hence he proceeds further, to treat of the vaft empire of the mogul, of the pearl fifhery, of the fabeans about Baffora, who pretend they received their religion from S. John Baptift; and concludes LL3 |