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NARBOROUGH, Sir John, Abel Janzoon TASMAN and others. An Account of several late Voyages and Discoveries, edited by Tancred Robinson, London: for T. Ward, W. and J. Innys, and E. Symon, 1724.
8°, 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, including 7 folding (small clean tears to one folding plate and one map, light spotting), contemporary mottled calf (spine chipped, front joint split, extremities somewhat rubbed). Provenance: Earl of Breadalbane, armorial bookplate.
Third edition. The accounts include Narborough's voyage around the coast of South America (via the straits of Magellan), Tasman's voyages to Australia and New Zealand and various voyages to Arctic regions. The first edition of this collection of voyages appeared in 1694 and a second in 1711. Sabin 72187.
8°, 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, including 7 folding (small clean tears to one folding plate and one map, light spotting), contemporary mottled calf (spine chipped, front joint split, extremities somewhat rubbed). Provenance: Earl of Breadalbane, armorial bookplate.
Third edition. The accounts include Narborough's voyage around the coast of South America (via the straits of Magellan), Tasman's voyages to Australia and New Zealand and various voyages to Arctic regions. The first edition of this collection of voyages appeared in 1694 and a second in 1711. Sabin 72187.