[NARBROUGH, Sir John]; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor).
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries:
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries:
I. Sir John Narbrough's voyage to the South-Sea By the Command of King Charles the Second: And his Instructions for Setling a Commerce in those Parts. With a Description of the Capes, Harbours, Rivers, Custom of the Inhabitants, and Commodities in which they Trade. 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 passage to China. IV. F. Marten' observations made in Greenland, and other Northern Countries. To which are added, a large introduction and supplement, Containing Short Abstracts of other Voyages into those Parts, and Brief Descriptions of them. The Whole Illustrated with Exact Charts, and Curious Figures.
Stock Code 120511
London, printed for D. Brown without Temple-Bar, J. Round in Exchange-Ally, W. Innys in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and T. Ward in the Temple-Lane, 1711.
the preferred and extended second edition
The preferred extended second edition of a work that presents one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Tasman's 1642 voyage to Tonga and Fiji. Tasman was also the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand. In addition there is a detailed description of Narbrough's passage in the Batchelour through the Straits of Magellan into the South Pacific and on to Chile. He successfully proved that trade with South America could be profitable without Spanish oversight, which influenced Britain's foreign policy for the next half century.This edition is more desirable with the additional chart of the western and southern oceans, not present in the first edition, and added text relating to whaling off Greenland.
Second edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, some unobtrusive marginal staining, discreet contemporary annotations to margins, lower left corner of title with small tear but not text lost; contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, professionally rebacked to style with endpapers renewed, all edges speckled red, a little wear, a very good copy; [2], xvi, xxi-xxix, [7], 191, [1], 223, [1] pp.
Hill, 1476; Howgego I, N3; Sabin 72186.
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