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A brief Discovery or Description of the most Famous Island of Madagascar or St. Laurence in Asia near unto East-India : With relation of the Healthfulness, Pleasure, Fertility and wealth of that Country, comparable if not transcending all the Eastern parts of the world, a very Earthly Paradise; a most fitting and desirable place, to settle an English Colony and Plantation there, rather than in any other part of the known world

Writer Richard Boothby (XVII-XVII)

Classification Literatura informativa e de viagens

Years

Year of publication: 1647

Publications in which the work appears

GONZALES, Dom Manoel et al. 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 BEEN 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. DIGESTED ACCORDING TO THE PARTS OF THE WORLD, TO WHICH THEY PARTICULARLY RELATE: WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS OF EACH ACCOUNT, OR WHAT ELSE COULD BE DISCOVERED AND WAS SUPPOSED CAPABLE OF ENTERTAINING AND INFORMING THE CURIOUS READER. AND WITH GREAT VARIETY OF CUTS, PROSPECTS, RUINS, MAPS AND CHARTS. COMPILED FROM THE CURIOUS AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE EARL OF OXFORD. INTERSPERSED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES. Org. OSBORNE, Thomas. Trad. OSBORNE, Thomas et al. Londres, Inglaterra: Thomas Osborne, 1745.

Publisher

John Hardesty (Londres, Inglaterra)

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Language

Inglês

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Impresso

Source

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Reference BOOTHBY, Richard. A BRIEF DISCOVERY OR DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST FAMOUS ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR OR ST. LAURENCE IN ASIA NEAR UNTO EAST-INDIA: WITH RELATION OF THE HEALTHFULNESS, PLEASURE, FERTILITY AND WEALTH OF THAT COUNTRY, COMPARABLE IF NOT TRANSCENDING ALL THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE WORLD, A VERY EARTHLY PARADISE; A MOST FITTING AND DESIRABLE PLACE, TO SETTLE AN ENGLISH COLONY AND PLANTATION THERE, RATHER THAN IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE KNOWN WORLD. Londres, Inglaterra: John Hardesty, 1647.

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