A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels from the earliest accounts to the present time : judiciously selected from the best writers in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Danish and other languages, comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world, including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres...