Excerpt from A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Vol. 17: Many of Which Are Now First Translated Into English; Digested on a New Plan The reader will hence perceive, that the exquifite billory of Jofeph includes, not only the firft formal mention of commerce, but the flave trade, the bribery of a minif'ter, the dreams of a monarch, the corn laws, the property tax, and the principles of monopoly. 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.