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An Account of Spain : being a new description of that country and people; and of the sea ports along the Mediterranean: of Ceuta, Tangier, &c
1700
The translator signs the epistle dedicatory 'E.L.' and the five letters from 'R.' 'R--', 'R.R.' etc to "Brunet [ ]", are mainly dated from Cadiz and London, and 1694-5.
An account of a late voyage to Athens : containing the estate both ancient and modern of that famous city, and of the present empire of the Turks: : the life of the now Sultan Mahomet the IV. with the ministry of the Grand Vizier, Coprogli Achmet Pacha. : Also the most remarkable passages in the Turkish camp at the siege of Candia. And divers other particularities of the affairs of the Port
Guillet de Saint-Georges, Georges (1625-1705)
1676
A fictitious account, supposedly based on the memoirs of the author's brother, Guillet de La Guilletière. (OCLC). "Guillatiere" on the title-page is a mis-spelling of "Guilletière".
Memoirs of the British fleets and squadrons in the Mediteranean, anno 1708 and 1709 : Wherein an account is given of the reduction of Sardignia, Minorca, that late sieges of Port Maon, Alicant and Denia. With descriptions of the most unfrequented places touch'd by the fleets, of the court of Barcelona... and of ... Their Majesties of Portugal. To which is annex'd, a cursory view of Naples, the curiosities near Baiae, and Cardinal Grimani's reception of the officers belonging to the British fleet
Taubman, Nathaniel (1720)
1710
First edition. A3 signed A2 in error.
A voyage to Arabia the Happy, by the way of the Eastern Ocean, and the streights of the Red-Sea: perform'd by the French for the first time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. Together with a particular relation of a journey from the port of Moka to the court of the King of Yemen, in the second expedition, A.D. 1711, 1712, 1713. Also, an account of the coffee-tree, and its fruit... Likewise an historical treatise of the first use of coffee ...[etc]
La Roque, Jean de (1661-1745)
1726
The author "signs" the dedication. The translator is anonymous. Anon., by Jean De la Roque (ESTC, OCLC). Illustrations: map and plates of coffee plants.
An historical and geographical account of the Morea, Negropont, and the maritime places, as far as Thessalonica : illustrated with 42 maps of the countries, plains, and draughts of the cities, towns and fortifications
Coronelli, Vincenzo (1650-1718); R. W Gent
1687
Advertisement on p. [1] at end. Publisher's advertisement for 'Angliae notitia' [1p]. List of plates [2pp] precedes main text beginning on p.1, the second page numbered 208; a second p.208 is boun...
Memoirs of the Bashaw Count Bonneval, from his birth to his death : shewing the motives which induced him to quit the service and dominions of France, his entrance into and sudden rise in the imperial armies, his exploits in Italy, Hungary, &c., his quarrel with the Marquis de Prie and its consequences, the true cause of his disgrace at the court of Vienna, and the reasons which occasioned him to seek an azylum amongst the Turks, with his various fortunes while in the service of the Porte : interspersed throughout with an entertaining diversity of secret intrigues, amorous adventures, military and political achievements : being in effect the secret history of Europe for the best part of the current century
Bonneval, Claude Alexandre comte de (1675-1747)
1750
Published pseudonymously. "The memoirs published under his name are spurious." -- Encyc. brit., 11th ed.