Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 1 of 7: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; In Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; Their Climates, Soil, Produce, &C To inhabitants of the Moon the Earth mul't appear the biggefl; body' in the Univerfe, ferving it in the capacity of a! Moon, thirteen times/as large-as that appears to us. The Earth mul't wax and wane te gularly to her; when the changes to us, the Earth will appear full to her; and when {he is in her firfl quarter to us, the Earth is in its third quarter to her. 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.

Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 1 of 7 Venus and Mercury are called inferior planets, from their orbits being included within that of the Earth. 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.

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Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 5: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, in Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces, Their Climates, Soil, Produce, &C But what is a greater evil to travellers than any of the above recited, though nor peculiar to the Loretto road, are the infinite numbers of gnats, bugs, fleas, and lice, which infefl us by night and by day. 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.

Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 6: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America Accordingly, on Monday, May 1, 1655, he left Rome, in order to embark at Civita Vecchia on board the galley commanded by count Gaddi. On June the 2d, he embarked at civita-vecchia, and came to an anchor before the port of Mellina in Si eily in feyen daysf It is afafc harbour by nature, and round it are feveral fair palaces built very uniformly, which form a pleafant profpee't. 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.