A NEW

COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES,

DISCOVERIES and TRAVELS:

CONTAINING

Whatever is worthy of Notice, in
EUROPE, ASIA,
AFRICA and A MERICA:

IN RESPECT TO

The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.

WITH

The Manners and Cuftoms of the feveral Inhabitants; their Governinn, Religion

Manufactures, and Comineice.

Sciences,

The whole confifting of fuch E. and l'OREIGN Authors as are in most Efteem; including the Deferiptions and Remarks of fome celebrated late Travellers, not to be found in any other Collection.

Illuftrated with a Variety of accurate

MAPS, PLANS, and elegant ENGRAVINGS.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed for J. KNOX, near Southampton-Street, in the Strand. MDCCLXVII.

CONTENT S

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

MR. John Nieuhoff's voyage to, and account of

Brafil, in South America,

Modern state of Brafil,

in Paraguay,

page 1

20

Memoir concerning the Settlements of the Jefuits,

36 Mr. Lionel Wafer's Journey over the Ifthmus of Darien; including many curious and entertaining Particulars of the Country and Inhabitants,

43

88

A brief Account of North-America; from Major
Rogers and others: defcribing the several British
Colonies on that Continent; and the interior Parts
of that extensive Country with many curious
Particulars relating to the Indian. Natives,
An Abstract of the Account of Colonel Bouquet's
Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764, 186
Reflections on the War with the Savages of North
America,

A fhort Account of the American Islands,

211

228

265

The Proclamation for regulating the Ceffions made to us by the laft Treaty of Peace, Conclufion to the Discoveries, Voyages, and Defcriptions, relating to America,

273

The first Voyage to the Eaft Indies by Vafquez de

Gama,

298