Sir John Narbrough, and others | An Account of several late voyages and discoveries, 1711

Sir John Narborough, and others

An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries. London: D. Brown [&c.], 1711

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (191 x 112 mm.), 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates (7 folding), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, modern morocco label to second compartment, spotting, browning, and dampstaining, Chart of the Western and Southern Oceans with large paper repair to verso, joints weak

The voyages and discoveries in this work are: 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 passage to China; IV. F. Marten's observations made in Greenland, and other northern countries. "This second edition 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).

PROVENANCE:

Viscount Gage, armorial bookplate

LITERATURE:

Hill (2004) 1476; Sabin 72186