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1. An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. With the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.

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Creator:
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
Date:
MDCXCIX [1699]
Physical Description:
[8], 248, 40 p., [2] double plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The genealogy of the lairds of Ednem and Duntreth , from the year 1063 to the year 1699.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
Physical Description:
15 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The history of painting, sculpture, architecture, graving: and of those who have excelled in them: in three books. Containing their rise, progress, decay, and revival; with an account of the most considerable productions of the best artists in all ages: and how to distinguish the true and regular performances, from those that are otherwise. By P. Monier.

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Creator:
Monier, Pierre, 1639–1703
Date:
1699
Physical Description:
[15] p.l., 192, [12] p. front. 20 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. This new map of [the] Earth and water according to Wrights alias Mercator's projection, drawn according to [the] more exact celestial observations and the more accurate discoveries of an a approued author, Robt. Morden, is sold at [the] Atlas in Cornhill, London, 1699 ; H. Moll sculpsit.

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Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[1699]
Physical Description:
1 map on 13 sheets ; 130 x 238 cm, on sheets 53 x 72 cm + 1 index map (28 x 51 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The history of the bucaniers of America : from their first original down to this time, written in several languages, and now collected into one volume. Containing I. The exploits and adventures of Le Grand, Lolonois, Roche Brasiliano, Bat the Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, &c. Written in Dutch by Jo. Esquemeling one of the bucaniers, and thence translated into Spanish. II. The dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Capt. Barth. Sharp, Watlin, Sawkins, Coxon, and others, in the South Sea. Written by Basil Ringrose, Gent. who was a companion therein, and examin'd with the original journal. III. A journal of a voyage into the South Sea by the freebooters of America from 1684, to 1689. Written in French by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan: never before in English. IV. A relation of a voyage of the Sieur de Montaubon, Capt. of the freebooters in Guinea in the year 1695, &c. The whole newly translated into English, and illustrated with 25 copper plates.

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Creator:
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Date:
1699
Physical Description:
[4], 180, 180, [16]; 204 p., [16] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps, ports.) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material, 1699-1981 (bulk 1811-1899).

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Creator:
Carr family
Date:
1699-1981
Physical Description:
10 linear ft.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund