A collection of voyages and travels- consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued (14772670712)

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Title: A collection of voyages and travels: consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages, relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof,from the earliest account to the present time...
Year: 1745 (1740s)
Authors: Osborne, Thomas, d. 1767 Erondelle, Pierre, fl. 1586-1609, tr
Subjects: Neder Oost-Indische Campagnie Voyages and travels Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : T. Osborne
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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JOHN ST ORTs TRAVELS THROUGH SWEDEN: C O NTAINING A fhort Survey of that Kingdom; A 1ST D A brief Description of all its Provinces: AS ALSO Their Riches, Antiquity, Nature, and Manners: TOGETHER WITH The Government of this Realm, Might and Power of this greatKing, as well by Sea as Land, his great Officers, Cuftomsand Revenues of the Crown: LIKEWISE A Catalogue of many of the Kings of Sweden ; of thofe efpecially who havereigned thefe laft five hundred Years; with fome of their moll memorableAds and Deeds j with their Alliance and Iffue, or Offspring: ALSO Something more particularly concerning that illuftrious, invincible, great GustavusAdolphus the Second, and fome of his molt memorable Acts fince his coming tothe Crown, as well before as fince his entring into Germany, till this prefent Year 1632. 210 John StoryV Travels through Sweden. chap. I. Of the Divifion of the Northern World, and the Antiquity of the Kingdom of Sweden. Divifion ^^\ U R modern geographers caft all call this