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Of which the TranfaBions take Notice, ioo./>. 76S. 
And having received Encouragement, do here proceed 
with the like Defign upon other Parts of the World, in 
order to improve and compleat Geography from Origi- 
nal Authentick Records, and Memoirs of Eye-Witneffes, 
The prefent Colledion reaching to the moft diftant 
Parts of the Scuthern and Northern Regions of the GloLe^ 
and being performed by Skiiful Navigators, and Faithful 
Ohfervers^vm^ needs contain many uncommon and ufe- 
ful Things upon moft of the Heads of Natural and Ma- 
thematical Sciences, as well as Trade and other Profita- 
ble Knowledge, which contribute to the enlarging of the 
Mind and Empire of Man, too much confin'd to the 
narrow Spheres of particular Countries^ and therefore fub- 
jeft to great Miftakes, and falfe Conceptions, for want 
of a large Profpe(3: of Nature and Cuftom. 
The Contents of the prefent Work are very various, 
and of vaft extent, but may be reduced to thefe Gi?«(?- 
rals : The Introdu^ion^ The Voyages of Sir John Nar- 
borough, Jafmen Tafman, Capt. John Wood, Fre- 
derick Marten of Hamburgh, and the Supplement : Of 
which fomething in Particular. 
^he IntroduBion gives a Compendious Chronological 
Account of Navigations and Voyages to thofe Remote 
Parts, of which the Body of the Book treats, together ' 
with fome new RefleiStions in Geography y Hydrography^ 
and Natural Hiftory. 
Sir 'john Narlorough touches upon the Madera and 
Cape Verd Iflands, delineates and defcribes the Coafls of 
Patagonia and Chili, together wit}) the Streights of Ma- 
gellan, of which he took moft esaft Draughts, going 
frequently on Shoar, and up into the Country, obfer- 
ving the Products of the Land, the Manners and Tem- 
pers of the People^ in order to promote and fettle an 
Advantagious Trd^^, efpecially in the Golden Country 
of Chilij efteemed more Rich than Peru itfelf* In this 
Voyage 
