An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea... II. Captain J. Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra Incognita. III. Captain J. Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passa

by NARBROUGH, Sir John (1640-1688), and others. - [Sir Tancred ROBINSON (editor)]

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Book description: London: printed for D. Brown, J. Round, W. Innys and T. Ward, 1711. Octavo. (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches). 3 large folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates (7 folding). (Old dampstain to outer margins of final 16 leaves). Contemporary calf, covers panelled in blind, the spine in six compartments with raised bands flanked by gilt rules, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartments, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down (old dampstain to the lower cover). An excellent copy of the second edition, which "is preferred because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans, which was not included in the first edition, and additional text relating to Greenland and to whales and whaling" (Hill p.525). This work was originally published in 1694, and was probably edited by Sir Tancred Robinson. Hill describes this work as of particular importance for its account of the Straits of Magellan, much relied upon by the next generation of navigators, and says further: "The book is of the greatest importance to an Australian collection, as it contains one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia." Also contained herein are two important northern voyages, including Marten's account of whaling in the Greenland waters. Three of the folding plates depict whales and whaling, while the other plates depict indigenous birds, animals, and plants. Cox I, pp.8-9; Hill (2004) 1476; European Americana 711/183; Sabin 72186.

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