A collection of voyages. In four volumes.

A$12,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

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I. Captain William Dampier’s voyages round the world : describing particularly, the coasts and Islands in the East and West-Indies. The South-Sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico. The countries of Tonquin, Achin and Malacca. The Cape of Good Hope, New-Holland, c. II. The voyages of Lionel Wafer; giving an account of his being left on the isthmus of America, amongst the Indians, and of their treatment of him; with a particular description of the country c. Also the natural history of those parts. By a Fellow of the Royal Society. And Davis’s expedition to the Golden Mines. III. A voyage round the world: containing an account of Cap. Dampier’s expedition into the South-Seas in the ship St. George. With his various adventures and engagements, c., together with a voyage from the West Coast of Mexico to East-India. By W. Funnell, Mate to Capt. Dampier. IV. Capt. Cowley’s voyage round the globe. V. Capt. Sharp’s journey over the isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South-Seas. VI. Capt. Wood’s voyage through the straights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Roberts’s adventures and sufferings amongst the corsairs of the Levant: his description of the archipelago islands c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes, and plants, not found in this part of the world: curiously engraven on copper-plates. London: James and John Knapton, 1729. Four volumes, octavo, contemporary calf, gilt-ruled, expertly rebacked with new spines to match, spines in panels with gilt decoratio

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