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First account of the voyage of the Dolphin, with giants
Charles Clerke, 1767
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First account of the voyage of the Dolphin, with giants
Charles Clerke, 1767
[CLERKE, Charles (1741-1779).] A Voyage Round the World on his Majesty’s Ship, the Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. London: J. and F. Newberry, 1767.
The first edition of the earliest account of the voyage of the Dolphin to the South Seas. The Dolphin set sail from Plymouth in 1764, ostensibly for East Asia but really to explore the South Seas—a mission not divulged to the crew until they had left Rio de Janeiro. This edition was published six years before Hawkesworth’s official account, and still attracts interest for its strange description and illustrations of giants in Patagonia. This report, signed only “an officer on board said ship,” is attributed to Charles Clarke, who later sailed on all three of Cook’s voyages. Hill 311; Sabin 9732; Spence 237.
Octavo (200 x 123mm). 3 engraved plates (a few scattered stains). Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked preserving original endpapers). Provenance: D. J. Killy (ownership inscription dated 1793).
Charles Clerke, 1767
[CLERKE, Charles (1741-1779).] A Voyage Round the World on his Majesty’s Ship, the Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. London: J. and F. Newberry, 1767.
The first edition of the earliest account of the voyage of the Dolphin to the South Seas. The Dolphin set sail from Plymouth in 1764, ostensibly for East Asia but really to explore the South Seas—a mission not divulged to the crew until they had left Rio de Janeiro. This edition was published six years before Hawkesworth’s official account, and still attracts interest for its strange description and illustrations of giants in Patagonia. This report, signed only “an officer on board said ship,” is attributed to Charles Clarke, who later sailed on all three of Cook’s voyages. Hill 311; Sabin 9732; Spence 237.
Octavo (200 x 123mm). 3 engraved plates (a few scattered stains). Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked preserving original endpapers). Provenance: D. J. Killy (ownership inscription dated 1793).
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