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MOXON, JOSEPH. A brief discourse of a passage by the North-Pole to Japan, China, &c. Pleaded by Three Experiments: And Answers to all Objections that can be urged against a Passage that way. London: for Joseph Moxon 1674. 4 leaves, small 4to, original vellum, spine lettered in ink, the map shaved at top, somewhat stained, two tiny marginal holes, not affecting engraved lines of the map. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece map of the discovered lands around the North Pole.
Moxon puts forth the theory in this rare pamphlet that the best route to Japan and China lay across the North Pole, citing evidence overheard from a Dutch sailor in an Amsterdam tavern that the seas around the Pole remain free of ice. Sabin 51219; Wing C 2999.
Moxon puts forth the theory in this rare pamphlet that the best route to Japan and China lay across the North Pole, citing evidence overheard from a Dutch sailor in an Amsterdam tavern that the seas around the Pole remain free of ice. Sabin 51219; Wing C 2999.