General history of travel by sea and by land
General history of journeys by sea and land or with a more complete title General history of journeys by sea and land; or collection of all travelogues, which were published in different languages by all peoples up to itzo, and make a complete conception of the modern description of the earth and history: in which the real state of all nations is presented, and the strangest, most useful and most truthful in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, ... is included; Provided with necessary maps ... and some illustrations ... / Compiled by a group of learned men in English, and from the same and French into German. trans. is one of the most extensive and most important German-language collections of travelogues of the 18th century , translated by Johann Joachim Schwabe (1714–1784) and published in 21 volumes in Leipzig by Arkstee and Merkus from 1747 to 1774. The collection was based on the English New general collection of voyages and travels (4 volumes, 1745–1747) and the French Histoire générale des voyages (20 volumes, 1746–1791), “but complements those of the English and French editors Thomas Astley and Antoine-François Prévost selected works and translated them more faithfully than the French edition. ”Abbé Prevost had worked on it from 1746 to 1759 (volume 15). Immanuel Kant drew a lot of ethnographic knowledge from him.
Digital copies
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 1, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1748 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 2, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1748 ( digitized ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 3, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1749 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 4, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1749 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 5, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1749 ( digitized ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 6, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1750 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 7, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1750 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 8, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1751 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 9, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1751 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 10, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1752 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 11, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1753 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 12, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1754 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 13, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1755 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 14, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1756 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 15, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1757 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 16, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1758 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 17, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1759 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 18, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1764 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 19, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1769 ( digitized ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 20, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1771 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Joachim Schwabe (ed.): General history of travel on water and on land. Volume 21, Arkstee and Merkus, Leipzig, 1774 ( digitized version ).
References and footnotes
- ↑ Griep / Luber 17
- ↑ http://stichbeispiel.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichhaben/Artikel/Nummer06/Nr6_Smidt.pdf Wolbert GC Smidt : The philosophical category of the ridiculous and the condemnation of Africans by Kant. In: Samples. Viennese magazine for critical African studies No. 6/2004, 4th vol.
literature
- Wolfgang Griep, Susanne Luber (ed.): Travel literature and geography in the Eutin regional library. Heide, Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens & Co., 1990