Paris, 1790. 2 vols.
8vo. - Lesseps sailed with Le Peyrouse, but left him in Kamschatcha, and
travelled by land to France with despatches from him; his narrative gives a
lively picture of the inhabitants of the northern parts of Asiatic and
European Russia. The work has been translated into English; there is also a
German translation by Forster.
788. Sauer's Account of Billing's Geographical and Astronomical Expedition
to the Northern Parts of Russia, 1785-94. 4to. - An account of this
expedition was also published in Russian by Captain Saretschewya, one of
the officers engaged in it. Parts of the continent, and islands and seas
little known, are described in these two works, but they are deficient in
natural history.
789. Holderness's Notes relating to the Manners and Customs of the Crim
Tartars. 1823. 8vo. - Mrs. Holderness resided four years in the Crimea, and
she seems to have employed her time well, having produced an instructive
book on the manners, domestic life, &c., not only of the Crim Tartars, but
likewise of the various colonists of the Crimea.
IX. AMERICA.
Those works which relate to the discovery of America, derive their
interest rather from their historical nature than from the insight they
give into the physical and moral state of this portion of the globe. In
one important particular; America differs from all the other quarters of
the world, very early travels in Asia or Africa unfold to us particulars
respecting races of people that still exist, and thus enable us to
compare their former with their present state, whereas nearly all the
original inhabitants of America have disappeared.
Referring therefore our readers to the historians of the discovery and
conquest of America, and to the Bibliotheque des Voyages, for the titles
and nature of those works which detail the voyages of Columbus,
Vespucius, &c., we shall confine ourselves chiefly to such works as
enter more fully into a description of the country and its colonized
inhabitants.
790. Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques, et Botaniques,
faites par le P. Feuillee, sur les Cotes de l'Amerique Meridionale et dans
les Indes Occidentales. Paris, 1714. 2 vols. 4to.
791. Suite du Journal. Paris, 1715. 4to. - Excellent works on the subjects
indicated in the title.
792. Notizias Americanas sobre las America Meridionel y la Septentrionel-
Oriental. Par Don Ant. de Ulloa. Madrid, 1772. 4to. - This work, which must
not be confounded with the conjoint work of Ulloa and Juan, is rich in
valuable matter, physical, political, and moral; it was translated into
German by M. Diez, Professor of Natural History at Gottingen, who has added
learned and judicious observations.
793 Voyages interessans dans differentes Colonies Francaises, Espagnoles,
Anglaise. Paris, 1788. 8vo. - The most original and interesting portions of
this work relate to Porto Rico, Curacoa, Granada, the Bermudas, &c.; there
are also valuable remarks on the climate and diseases of St. Domingo.
