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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. [HENRY, David (1710-1792), editor]. An Historical Account of all the Voyages
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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. [HENRY, David (1710-1792), editor]. An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World, performed by English Navigators... London: F. Newbery, 1774, 1773. 



4 volumes, 8vo (210 x 127 mm). 5 folding engraved maps, 44 engraved plates; subscriber's supplement bound in at end of vol.4 containing 2 folding maps and a plate, 1p. publisher's advertisement, 5pp. list of subscribers, and 1p. binder's directions. (Some very occasional light spotting or browning.) Modern calf antique.

FIRST EDITION OF HENRY'S COLLECTED VOYAGES, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY containing the supplement of Phipps and Lutwidge's discoveries at the North Pole. Also with accounts compiled from Cook's journal, and that of Sydney Parkinson, a draughtsman, who circumnavigated the globe with Cook in the Endeavour. Other accounts include the voyages of Drake, Anson, Lord Byron, Wallis, Carteret, M. Bougainville, Phipps, and Lutwidge. Beddie 655; Hill 800; Sabin 31389.


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