Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages.

1780 Voyages of Christopher COLUMBUS America Haiti Mexico Hernando CORTEZ PERU

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A rare book La Harpe's 'General History of Voyages'! This extensive work was begun by La Harpe, and, after the first 21 volumes, was completed by several other historians. Not only does this work describe the geography of specific voyages, but it covers the sciences, commerce, religion, and customs of people groups from Africa, Asia, Americas, and Pacific Islands.

According to Sabin, La Harpe's 'Voyages' is

"a work that has met with greater success than any other of the same kind; the fidelity of the narration, the striking details of adventures, and the lively pictures of manners, etc., it presents, will always give it a peculiar and lasting merit. Contains all the early voyages of America."

This volume includes some of the world's most famous voyages including:

· Voyages of Christopher Columbus

o Columbus engaging with local tribes, Haiti

· Voyages and discoveries of Vasco Nugnez las Casas

· Hernando Cortez in Mexico, Yucatan

o Conquest of Tlaxcala, Mexico

· Montezuma, life and military

· Voyages in Mexico

o Failed attempts of Panfilo de Narvaez to stop Cortez

o Death of Montezuma

o Cortez at Tlaxcala

· Description of Mexico and Mexican provinces

o Mexican customs, idol Huitzilopochtli

o Royal dinner dances

· Conquests in Peru

o Expeditions of Spanish conquistadors Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro

· Voyages in Peru

· Description of Peru, origins of ancient Incan peoples

o Differences / similarities between modern Peruvians and Creoles - costumes

o On ancient Peruvians

o Description of Incan wedding ceremonies

· Mining in Peru, Andes mountains

· Tour of Condamine on the Amazon River

· Voyages of French and Spanish mathematicians in Quito, Ecuador

· Expeditions on the Rio de la Plata and Guyana.

· Voyages in South America

· Natural History of the Guianas, Panama, and Brazil

· Establishments in Brazil

o Interesting perspective on Columbus having the chance to discover Brazil, but instead insisting on not leaving Trinidad.

o Discovery of Brazil by Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral.

o The influence of European wars on the developments of Portuguese colonization in Brazil

o Growth of Rio de Janiero

· Description of the Amazon River through Brazil

· Curious description on the jararacucu, venomous pit vipers with stories of the men they have killed.

Item number: #25584

Price: $599

La HARPE, Jean-François

Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages.

A Paris : Hôtel de Thou, 1780.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o Vol. 10 – [4], 487, [1]

o Vol. 11 – [4], 503, [1]

o Vol. 12 – [4], 481, [1]

o Vol. 13 – [4], 493, [1]

o 9 engravings throughout

· References: Brunet III, 771; Sabin 38632

· Language: French

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20cm x 13.5cm)

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