A new and complete collection of voyages and travels : containing all that have been remarkable from the earliest period to the present time : and including not only the voyages and travels of the natives of these kingdoms, but also those of France, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Prussia, &c. with an account of the rise and progress of navigation among the various nations of the Earth, and of the discoveries of the Portugues, English, Dutch, and French, in Africa and the East-Indies, and those of Columbus in the West-Indies, and the continent of America ... ; together with an accurate description of New Holland, Zealand, o-Taheitee, Tanna, the society, friendly, and other newly discovered isles, and their inhabitants ; likewise the voyage of Mr. de Bougainville to the South Seas, by the order of the French king ; also an account of the Right Honourable Lord Mulgrave's expedition , for the discovery of a passage towards the North-Pole ; and a succinct narrative of the voyage and travels undertaken for discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere by order of her Most Serene Highness the present Empress of Russia ; with a particular description of the new archipelago discovered in the prosecution of that plan : comprehending an extensive system of geography, describing in the most accurate manner, every place worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : and comprising a full display of the situation, climate, soil, produce, laws, religion, manners, and customs, of the different countries of the universe. A summary view of the various revolutions of government, or changes of nature which they have undergone. With a discussion of several phenomena of nature, hitherto unaccounted for by philosophers ... / by John Hamilton Moore.