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1746. ANDERSON, J. Herrn Johann Anderson, | I. V. D. | und weyland 

 ersten Bnrgermeisters der freyen Kayserlichen | Reichstadt Ham- 

 burg, | Nachrichten | von Island, | Gronland und der Strasse Davis, | 

 zum wahreu Nutzen der Wissenschaften | uud der Handlung. | Mit 

 Kupfern, und einer nach den neuesten und in diesem Werke ange- | 

 gedenen Entdeckungen, genau eingerichteten Landcharte. | Nebst 

 einem Vorberichte | von den Lebensumstauden des Herrn Verfas- 

 sers. | [Vignette.] | Hamburg, | verlegts Georg Christian Grund, 

 Buchdr. 1746. 1 vol. sm. 8vo, 8 leaves to a sig. Vignette facing 

 title, title, reverse blank, 14 unpaged 11. (" Vorrede " and " Vor- 

 bericht ")> PP- 1-328, 3 unpaged 11. (" Register ") ; map, and 4 pll., at 

 pp. 43 (birds), 204, 224, 254. 



The author's name may have been Andersen, but is printed Anderson in 

 three different editions I have examined. There are numerous editions ; besides 

 the three I here give (see 1750 and 1756), there are these: German, Frankfurt u. 

 Leipzig, 1747 ; Danish, Copenhagen, 1748; Engjish, London, 1758, folio ; and two 

 or three French versions of later dates than 1730. See Guv., R. A., iii, 331; BOHM., 

 Bibl, i, 769 ; AG. & STRICKL., Sibl., i, 127. 



Nachrichten von Island, Vogel, pp. 39-49, Taf. (Tauben, Snoriper [Lagopus], Ad- 

 ler, Habichte, Falken, Eulen, Rabon, See-Meve, Ganse, Enten, Lumme, Geyervo- 

 gel [Alca impennis] u. s. w.). Nachrichten von Gronland und der Straat Davis, 

 Vogel, pp. 173-184 (Landvogel, Wasservogel ; Beschreibnng einer Mallemucke 

 u.s. w.). 



1748. ELLIS, H. A | Voyage | to | Hudson's-Bay, | by the | Dobbs Galley 

 and California, j In the Years 1746 and 1747, | For Discovering a 

 North West Passage; | with | An Accurate Survey of the Coast, and 

 a short | Natural History of the Country. | Together with | A fair 

 View of the Facts and Arguments from | which future finding of 

 such a Passage is | rendered probable. | By Henry Ellis, Gent. | 

 Agent for the Proprietors of said Expedition. | To which is pre- 

 fixed, | An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made | for 

 the finding a Passage that Way to the East-Indies. | Illustrated 

 with proper Cuts, and a new and correct Chart | of Hudson's-Bay, 

 with the Countries adjacent. 1 | London : | Printed for H. Whit- 

 ridge, at the Royal Exchange. | M. DCC. XL VIII. 1 vol. sm. 8vo. 

 pp. xxviii, 336, map, and cuts. 



There is also a German translation, Reise nach HiuLsons Meerbnsen, 8vo, 

 Gottingen, 1750. At pp. 36-41 are described a few species of birds the Pelican, 

 Heathcock, Horned Owl, and White-tailed Eagle being figured on two copper- 

 plates. 



1748. MORTIMER, C. A Continuation of an Account of an Essay towards a 

 Natural History of Carolina, and the Bahama Islands ; by Mark 

 Catesby, F. R. S. with some Extracts out of the Appendix. <^ Philos. 

 Trans., xlv, 1748, pp. 157-173. 



This concludes Mortimer's Commentary on Catesby ; it treats of the few birds 

 given in the Appendix, vol. H. 



1748. [SWAINE, CHARLES.] An j account | of a | Voyage | For the Dis- 

 covery of a | North- West Passage | by | Hudson's Streights, | to 

 the | Western and Southern Ocean | of | America. | Performed in 

 the Year 1746 and 1747, in the Ship | California, Capt. Francis 

 Smith, Commander. | By the Clerk of the California. | Adorned with 

 Cuts and Maps. J Vol. I [II]. | London, Printed ; | And Sold by Mr 



