1749 Spanish Conquistadors Voyages MAPS 1ed Electricity Tobago Algiers PIRATES

1749 Spanish Conquistadors Voyages MAPS 1^ed Electricity Tobago Algiers PIRATES

The Gentleman’s Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interruption for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term ‘magazine’. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.

This volume from the 1749 edition includes a variety of important and interesting content including:

• Spanish voyages to South America
  • With map!
• Recovery of the ship Chesterfield
• Systems of electricity and electrometers
• Metals used in cannon-making, and gunpowder
• Settlements in Nova Scotia and French settlements in Tobago
• Description of the Treaty of Utrecht, commerce of Westphalia
• Engraved views of:
  • Saint Peter’s Cathedral
  • Noah’s Ark
  • Plans of London and St. Petersburg
  • Map of South America
  • Map of Algiers, Bay
  • Lions

Item number: #26915

Price: $750

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle. Volume xix

London: printed for E. Cave, 1749. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], 599, [21]
  • 33 engraved plates, plus dozens of in-text engravings
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Thomas Langton Esq^r.; Teeton, Northamptonshire
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in (21cm x 13.5cm)

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