Universal History (Sale et al)

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The Universal History (in full, An Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. With a general index to the whole. ^[1]) was a 65-volume universal history of the world published in London between 1747 and 1768. Contributors included George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell and John Swinton.

Although limited to the point of view of the European imperial powers at that time, it was one of the first works to attempt to unify the history of Western Europe with the stories of the world's other known cultures ^[2].

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1. ^ Tennessee State Library catalogue
2. ^ Ricuperati, G., Time and Periodisation in the Western Universal Histories: from Eusebius to Voltaire, University of Oslo, online paper (PDF)