Excerpt from Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, Vol. 11: From the Time of Columbus to the Present Period We have therefore been induced to commence this ieflpartment of our work, at an era which play. Ord us an opportunity of recording a con fiderable number 0 fuch inneretiing modern tra vels, as have gained deferred celebrity, and will be read with avidity while the Englilh language endures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.