4to. - This relates chiefly to the
manners and customs; other pieces are contained in these volumes, which
relate, in a manner more minute than important and edifying, the various
journies in France, of the Kings of France, from Louis the Young to Louis
XIV. inclusive.
112. Les Navigations, Peregrinations, et Voyages, faits en Turquie. Par
Nicholas Nicholai, Antwerp, fol. 1576. - This also is instructive,
relative to the manners, &c. of many parts of Europe, Africa, and Upper
Asia: the plates are engraved on wood, after the designs of Titian.
113. Relations des Voyages de M. de Breves, tant en Grece, Terre Sainte.
Egypte, qu'aux Royaumes de Tunis et Alger. Paris, 1628. 4to. De Breves was
ambassador from Henry IV. to the Porte, and sent afterwards on a special
mission to Tunis and Algiers. What he relates regarding these states is the
most curious and valuable part of his work.
114. Les Voyages et Observations du Sieur Laboulaye-le-Goux, ou sont
decrits les Religion, Gouvernment, et Situation, des Etats et Royaumes
d'Italie, Grece, Natolie, Syrie, Perse, Palestine, &c; Grand Mogul, Indes
Orientales des Portugais, Arabie, Afrique, Hollande, Grande Bretagne, &c.
Paris, 1657. 4to. - This work bears a high character for veracity and
exactness; and is very minute in its account of the casts and religions of
India. Prefixed to it is a short critical notice of travellers who preceded
him, written with great judgment and candour.
115. Voyage de Paul Lucas au Levant. Paris, 1704. 2 vols. 12mo.
116. Voyage de Paul Lucas, dans la Grece, l'Asie Mineure, la Macedoine, et
l' Afrique. Paris, 1712. 2 vols. 12mo. - The credit and veracity of this
author, which was long suspected, has, in many of his most suspicious
parts, been confirmed by modern travellers.
117. Memoire du Chevalier D'Arvieux: contenant ses Voyages a
Constantinople, dans l'Asie, la Palestine, l'Egypte, la Barbarie, &c.
Paris, 1735. 6 vols. 12mo. - This author was well qualified from his
knowledge of the oriental languages, and from the official situations he
filled, to gain an accurate and minute knowledge of the people among whom
he resided. His account of his sojourn among the Bedouin Arabs is
particularly curious.
118. Viaggi di P. della Valle dall Anno 1614, fin al' 1626. Venice, 1671. 4
vols. 4to. - These travels comprehend Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Persia,
and the East Indies. They are written in a pleasant, lively manner; what
relates to Persia is most valuable. They have been translated into French,
English, and German.
119. Schultz, Reisen durch Europa, Asien, und Africa. Halle, 1771-75. 5
vols. 8vo.
120. Laeflingii Petri iter Hispanicum. Stockholm, 1758. 8vo. - This work,
originally published in Swedish, was translated by C. Linnaeus into German,
under the following title: Reise nach den Spanischen Landern in Europa und
Amerika, 1751 - 56. Berlin, 1776. 8vo. It is chiefly valuable for its
natural history information.
121. Voyage en Amerique, en Italie, en Sicile, et en Egypte, 1816 - 19. 2
vols. 8vo.
122. The true Travels of Captain J. Smith in Europe, Asia, Africa, and
America, from 1593 to 1629. London, 1664. fol. - This work, like most of
the old travels, derives its principal value from enabling us to compare
the countries visited, and their inhabitants, with their present state; and
its principal interest from the personal adventures of the author. To such
works, as well as to minute biography, time gives a value and utility,
which they do not intrinsically possess.
123. Itinerarium Portugalensium e Lusitania in Indiam et inde in Occidentem
et demum ad Aquilonem, ab. Arch. Madrignan. 1508. fol. - Originally
published in Portuguese.
124. Josten, Reisebeschreibung durch die Turkey, Ungern, Polen, Reussen,
Bohemen, &c. neue Jerusalem, Ost und West Indien. Lubec, 1652. 4to.
125. Graaf, Reisen naer Asia, Africa, America, en Europa. Amsterdam, 1686.
8vo.
126. Historia y Viage del Mundo en los cincos Partes; de la Europa, Africa,
Asia, America y Magellanica. Par Levallos. Madrid, 1691. 4to.
127. John Ovington's Voyage to Surat, with a Description of the Islands of
Madeira and St. Helena. London, 1698. 8vo.
128. Le Bruyn's Voyage to the Levant. Translated from the French. London,
1702. fol. - This work bears a similar character as the preceding travels
of the author already noticed. The plates are excellent.
129. Irwin's Adventures in a Voyage up the Red Sea; and a Route through the
Thebaid hitherto unknown, in the year 1779. London, 4to. and 8vo. - Chiefly
valuable for the information which his personal adventures necessarily
gives of the manners, &c. of the Arabians.
130. Memoirs and Travels of Count Beniousky. London, 1790. 2 vols.
4to. - Amidst much that is trifling, and more that is doubtful, this work
contains some curious and authentic information, especially relating to
Kamschatka and Madagascar: what he states on the subject of his
communications with Japan, is very suspicious.
131. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria. By W.G. Browne. London, 1799.
4to. - A most valuable work, and except in some few peculiarities of the
author, a model for travellers: it is particularly instructive in what
relates to Darfour.
132. Travels in Asia and Africa. By A. Parsons. 4to. 1809. - These travels
were performed in 1772 - 78: they indicate good sense, and are evidently the
result of attentive and careful observation and enquiry. From Scanderoon to
Aleppo; over the desert to Bagdat: a voyage from Bussora to Bombay, and
along the west coast of India; from Bombay to Mocha; and a journey from
Suez to Cairo, are the principal contents.
133. Travels. By John Lewis Burckhardt. Vol.1. Nubia; vol. 2. Syria and the
Holy Land; vol.3, in the Hedjaz. 1823. 4to. - Few travellers have done
more for geography than this author: antiquities, manners, customs, &c.,
were examined and investigated by him, with a success which could only have
been ensured by such zeal, perseverance, and judgment as he evidently
possessed.
134. Lord Valentia's Travels in India. Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and
Egypt. 1802-6. 3 vols. 4to. - It is not possible for a person to travel so
long, in such countries, without collecting information of a novel and
important kind:
