Histoire générale des voyages
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Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu’à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues (General History of Voyages, or New Collection of All Accounts of Sea and Land Travels Published So Far in the Different Languages of All Known Nations) is a 15-volume work by Abbé Prévost, published between 1746 and 1759. After his death, the number of volumes increased to 20. The collection describes the peoples, fauna, customs, geography, populations, and architecture of all regions known at the time.[1]
Prévost translated John Green's A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, known as the Astley collection, but substantially revised and expanded it. He reworked the content, added new material, removed unnecessary passages, had the illustrations re-engraved, and included additional narratives and notes.[2][3]
The series was highly successful after publication, received royal patronage,[3] and spread to other countries.[4]
- Voyages around Africa and to the East Indies (Volumes I–V)
- Voyages in Asia (Volumes V–VIII)
- Voyages of the Dutch and the French to the East Indies (Volumes VIII–IX)
- Voyages in Hindustan, Japan, the Philippines, and Borneo (Volumes X–XI)
- Voyages in America (Volumes XII–XV)
- Voyages to the Caribbean (Volume XV)
- Index and catalogue of maps and engravings, by Nicolas Maurice Chompré (Volume XVI)
- Supplement: restorations from the Holland edition; supplements (Volume XVII)
- Continuation, by de Querlon, Alexandre Deleyre, and Rousselot de Surgy: Iceland, Jan Mayen, Novaya Zemlya, Kamchatka, and Siberia (Volume XVIII); Greenland, Kamchatka, Swedish Lapland (Volume XIX); voyage around the world, voyages in the South Seas, voyages of Cook (Volume XX)
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Gallery
Map of Southeast Asia, showing the Paracel Islands near Vietnam. (le Paracel)
Silk weaving
Fruits such as bananas and papayas
A Chinese funeral
Male and female seals
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