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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813· 4 chapters· 228,070 words

Introduction, § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the Spaniards, § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru, § 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account of the English Prisoners at that Place, § 4. Description of Lima, and some Account of the Governmen...

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4. CHAPTER XIV.

Though of considerable length, the importance of this narrative forbids all attempts to alter it in any respect; except that it has been necessary to leave out the explanations...

3. CHAPTER XIII.

There was, perhaps, no country in the world where commerce was more profitable, or held more honourable, than in Holland, or where more respect and attention was shewn to it by...

2. CHAPTER XII--_Continued_.

We fell in with the coast of California on the 11th of August, and as soon as we were discovered by the natives, they made fires on the shore as we sailed past. Towards evening,...

1. PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.

Introduction, § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the Spaniards, § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru, § 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account...