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- Notes:
- Von der galanten Feder des berühmten frantzösischen Abts Hn. von Bellegarde. ; Und den Gelährten so wohl als andern zum sonderbahren Nutzen und Vergnügen verteutscht durch M. V**
- Except for the introduction, deals only with the discovery and exploration of America.
- A translation, by Ludwig Friedrich Vischer, of "Histoire universelle des voyages faits par mer et par terre dans l'ancien & dans le nouveau monde," first published: Paris : Pierre Giffart, 1707.
- The virgule has been replaced by a comma in the title page transcription.
- Sometimes ascribed to Du Perier de Montfraisier. "Du Perier" appears at the end of the dedication in the first and other editions. Cf. Cioranescu.
- Date of publication transposed, precedes "Ist auch in Franckf. und Leipz." on title page.
- Signatures: )(⁸ (-)(8) ²)(⁸
- P. 146 misnumbered 164.
- Cf. Cioranescu, A. 17. s., 50622.
- Includes bibliographical references, including a bibliography (p. 271-272) of glossaries of Indian languages and of texts written in Indian languages.
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"Allgemeine historische Einleitung, zu allen bissher ans Licht getretenen Reisen zu Wasser un Land, in die Alte und Neue Welt:
Durchgehends mit besondern, so geographischen als andern curieusen Anmerckungen, und schönen Kupffern
"
(1708).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:580091/
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