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nation; the third the religion; the fourth speaks of the king, royal family and court. Biblioth. Univers. vol. X. p. 516.

Relation nouvelle et exacte d'un voyage de la Terre Sainte, ou description de l'etat present des lieux, où se sont passées les principales actions de la vie de Jesus Christ. Paris, 1688. 8°. This is a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and therefore writ in a religious style, and contains an account of all the holy places in Palestine, and description of Malta; and is a good guide for such as desire to travel into those parts.

Voyages de M. de Thevenot, en Asie et en Afrique. Paris, 1689. 3 vols. 12o. It is to be observed, that whereas before mention is made of Thevenot's travels, that is a collection of other men, as appears there, but these are M. Thevenot's own travels, divided into three parts; the first of the eastern countries under the Turk; the second continues other eastern parts, proceeding towards Persia; and the third the East-Indies. It is one of the most curious and exact works of this nature hitherto published, and well deserving to be read by all that are curious of travels. Biblioth. Univers. vol. XIII. p. 246.

Voyages d'Amerique, histoire des aventurieres qui se sont signales dans les Indes, &c. Par Alexander Olivier Oexmelin. Paris, 1688. 2 vols. 12°. This was a surgeon sent over in the service of the French West-India Company, and sold in America, where he lived several years. The author of the Biblioth. Univers. gives a great character of this work, and says, no man has yet given so good an account of the manner of living in those parts, besides very good descriptions, and all that is requisite in such a work; of which see more in the said Biblioth. Univers. vol. XVIII. p. 129.

Nouveau voyage d'Italie fait en l'année 1688, avec un memoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le meme voyage. A la Haye, 1691. 2 vols. 12°. Par Monsieur Misson. This author gives a general account of all things observable in Italy, and therefore is the more diverting. He begins his travels in Holland, of which he gives a short account, then crossing Germany and Tirol, he runs down Italy by the Adriatic shore, and returns on the other side through Tuscany, Genoa, Piedmont, Swisserland.

Voyage en divers etats d'Europe et d'Asie, entrepris pour decouvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Par le P. Avril. Paris, 1693. 12o. The first book contains the author's travels from Marseilles to Erivan in Persia; the second from Erivan to Moscow; in the third he gives an account of Tartary, but it was such as he received from others, for he was not in that country; and in the fourth, of his return to Poland, thence to Constantinople, and thence for want of health to France. Biblioth. Univers. vol. XXIV. p. 203.

Histoire de la revolution de l'empire du Mogol. Par Monsieur F. Bernier, 8°. This history of the revolution of the empire of the Mogul, contains the whole account of Aurenge Zeb dethroning his father, with all the intrigues and wars on that account; the description of Agra and Delhi, capital cities of that empire, many particulars of that court, the doctrines, customs, &c. of the Indians, the Mogul's journey to Cachemire, and many other curious observations made by the author in his travels in that country.

Relation d'un voyage en la Mauritanie. Par le Sieur Roland Frejus, 8°. The author of this voyage into Mauritania was sent by the king of France's order, in the year 1666, to settle trade in the kingdom of Fez, and gives a very just, though brief account of his voyage and negotiation. There is added to it a letter of Monsieur Charant, who lived twenty-five years in Suez and Morocco, giving an account of the religion, manners, trade, &c. of those people.

Voyages en Asie, Afrique, et l'Amerique. Par Monsieur Jean Mocquet, 8°. See this among the English, 8°.

Voyage par Monsieur du Quesne aux Indes en 1691 et 1692, &c. See more of this among the English, 8°.

Voyages historiques et curieux en Allemagne, Boheme, Suisse, Holland, &c. de Monsieur Charles Patin, 8°. See this among the English.

Voyages aux Indes, de Dellon. 2 vols. 12.

Histoire de la Chine sous la domination des Tartares. Par le P. Greslon de la comp. de Jesus, 8°. Paris, 1672.

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here a succinct history of China from the year 1651 till 1669, delivered by a missioner resident there many years; his principal subject is the astronomy of China, which gained the first admission to the missioners; of which, and all its parts, and how used and practised there, he treats very ingeniously and learnedly. Giorn. de Letter.

Voyage du Levant. Par Monsieur de Loir, 12°. A voyage to the Levant, in ten letters, containing all things remarkable in the islands of the Archipelago, Ephesus, Smyrna, Constantinople, Scutari, Negropont, Greece, the Morea, and all the coasts to Venice; in which are all the ancient and modern names of places, and what authors have said of them, compared with what was when the author travelled. A work no less learned than curious. Giorn. de Letter. An. 1673.

Voyage d'Angleterre, par Monsieur Sorbierre, 12o. This account of England is not methodical, but contains some observations worth reading.

Relation universelle de l'Afrique ancienne et moderne, par le Sieur de la Croix, 4 vols. 120. Lyon, 1688. This is the fullest and

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most perfect account yet extant of that great part of the world, being a judicious and laborious collection of all the best that has been writ on the subject. Giorn. de Letter. An. 1689.

Histoire de l'isle de Ceylon, par le capitaine Jean Ribeyro, traduite du Portugais en François, 12o. Paris, 1701. This short history of Ceylon, though writ originally in Portuguese, and published in the year 1685, is here inserted in the French translation, because the translator Mr. le Grand has added to it several chapters, collected from the best authors that have writ of that island. It is divided into three books: the first is the description of the island, its government, religion, product, &c.: the second treats of the wars there between the Portuguese, the natives, and the Dutch: and the third, of the errors the Portuguese committed in their conquests of India, and the power of the Dutch in those parts. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXIX. p. 389.

Nouveau memoires sur l'estat present de la Chine, par le P. Louis le Comte, 2 vols. 120. Paris, 1695. F. le Comte's memoirs of China have appeared in English; they have abundance of very remarkable passages and singular curiosities, and have been too much talked of to require much to be said of them. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXV. p. 58.

Dernieres descouvertes dans l'Amerique septentrionale de Monsieur de la Sale, mises au jour par Monsieur le Chevalier Tonti, governeur du fort S. Louis aux Islinois, 12°. Paris, 1697. This is an account of a vast discovery in North America, being the whole length of the river Mississipi, from the French plantations in Canada down to the gulph of Mexico to the southward, and from the same plantation to the source of the said river northwards. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXV. p. 311.

Relation d'un voyage fait en 1696 et 1697, aux costes de l'Afrique, detroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, et isles Antilles, par le Sieur Froger. This is a relation of an expedition of six French ships fitted out during the war with Spain in those years: it is looked upon as very faithful, and adorned with a great number of maps and cuts of all sorts. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXVI. p. 164.

Memoirs du Chevalier Beaujeu, contenant divers voyages en Pologne, Allemagne, et en Hongrie, 12. Paris, 1679. The author of these memoirs having travelled in Poland, Germany, and Hungary, undertakes to rectify many mistakes in the maps, as to distances of places: he gives a particular account of these countries; and most especially of Poland, and all things relating to it. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXVI. p. 284.

Relation du voyage du Sieur de Montauban capitaine des Flibustiers en Guinée, dans l'année, 1695. This was a privateer voyage, which ended in the blowing up the ship; but so that the

captain escaped, and got ashore on the coast of Afric, of which he gives some account; thence he got over to Barbadoes, and thence into France.

Relation curieuse et nouvelle de Moscovie, contenant l'état de cet empire, 12°. Paris, 1698. This account of Muscovy is composed by Mr. de Neuville, envoy from the king of Poland to the czar, who during his residence there collected the best account of a way through Muscovy and Tartary to China, as convenient as any for travellers in Europe, which he says he was told by one that travelled it twice; but that the czar, at the request of the Dutch, has prohibited merchants trading that way.

Journal du voyage des grandes Indes, contenant tout ce qui s'y est fait et passe par l'escadre de sa majesté, envoye sous le commandement de M. de la Haye, 12°. Orleans, 1697. This is a voyage of the French fleet to the Indies in the year 1670: it describes Goa, and gives some account of these coasts, of taking the city of St. Thomas or Meliapor, and the losing it again to the Dutch and Infidels, with the return of the French.

Voyage d'Italie et de Grece, avec une dissertation sur la bi-. zarrerie des opinions des hommes, 12°. Paris, 1698. This author set out from France in the year 1691, and gives such a description of the countries he passed through, and of the adventures that befel him, as renders it extremely diverting; concluding with a reflection upon the extravagant humours of men, whose behaviour he condemns in many particulars, which are rather pleasant anddiverting than solid. Journ. des Scav. vol. XXVI. p. 535.

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Historia del Gran Tamorlan. Itinerario, y relacion de la embarada que Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo le hizo por mandado del senor Rey D. Henrique tercero de Castilla. Sevil, 1582, fol. This is the first Spanish book of travels, at least of any reputation, now extant, and is of no less than 300 years' antiquity; for though the book was published as above, the embassy was in the year 1403, in which the author spent three years, saw a considerable part of Asia, following Tamerlan's camp, and besides what he saw during those years, had an ample account of all that mighty prince's wars: it is a book rare and of great value.

Comentarios do grande Alphonso de Albuquerque capitao general da India, collegidos por seu filho das proprias cartas, que elle escrivio ao rey D. Manoel. Lisboa, 1576, fol. This is a large relation of the actions of that great man, who was one of the first Portuguese conquerors of the East Indies; and a particular encomium of it is given by Anthony Ferreira in his poems. Naufragios de Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca, y

Comentarios de Alvar Nunez Adelantado y governador de la provincia del Rio de la Plata. Valladolid, 1555, 4o. The first

was writ by Alvar Nunez himself, wherein he gives an account of his shipwreck, and unparalleled sufferings in Florida. The second was composed by his order by Peter Fernandez, his secretary, and is an account of the province of the river of Plate, where he was governor: both curious and scarce.

Nuevo descubrimiento del gran Catayo, o reynos de Tibet en el anno de 1624. Madrid, 1627. It is writ by F. Anthony de Andrada, a Jesuit, who in it gives an account of his travels in the

most remote eastern countries.

Verdadera description de la Tierra Santa como estava el anno de 1530. Alcala, 1531, 8°. It is an exact account of the Holy Land at that time, writ by F. Anthony de Aranda, who travelled it all over as a pilgrim at that time.

El devoto peregrino viage de la Tierra Santa. Madrid, 1654, 4. The description of the Holy Land, in a pious style, for the help of pilgrims, by F. Anthony del Castillo, a Franciscan; who was superior of the monastery at Bethlehem.

Relacion de lo sucecido a los padres de la compania de Jesus en la India, y Japon, en los anos de 1630 y 1631. Valladolid, 4°. An account of the travels and actions of the Jesuits in India and Japan, by F. Antony Collaco.

Jornada de arcebispo de Goa D. F. Aleino de Meneses, &c. as serras de Malabar, et lugares em que moram os antigos Christaos de S. Thome. Coimbra, 1606, fol. It was writ by F. Antony de Gouve, of the order of St. Augustine, who treats very curiously of the inland parts of Malabar, and Christians of St. Thomas there.

Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas, y tierra firma del mar oceano, escrita por Antonio de Herrera. Madrid, 1615, 4 vols. fol. A most excellent and complete history of the discovery and conquest of America by the Spaniards, not omitting to mention the discoveries made at the same time by other nations. It reaches from Columbus's first discovery, an. 1492, till 1554, divided into four volumes, and those into eight decads, with a very just description of that vast continent.

Historia general de la India oriental, los descubrimientos y conquista que hon hecho los armos de Portugal en el Brasil, &c. hosta el año de 1562. Valladolid, 1603, fol. This, though ancient, is the fullest account there was till that time of the Portuguese in the East Indies and Brasil, writ by F. Antony de S. Roman, of the order of St. Benedict.

Historia de la conquista espiritual de la provincia del Paraguay. Madrid, 1639, 4°. It is an account of the progress of the preaching Jesuits in that province, and written by one of them, who was rector of some colleges in that country.

Itinerario da India a Portugal per terra anno 1520. Coimbra, 1565, 16. A journal of Antony Tenreiro's travels from India by land into Portugal. It was more rare in those days than now, yet there are good remarks to be found in it.

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