An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean  Volume II. Containing the Dutch voyages. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.

The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a northwest passage into the south sea  wherein the miseries endured, both going, wintering and returning ... are related in this journal of it ... with an appendix concerning the longitude / by Master Gellibrand.

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An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean Volume II. Containing the Dutch voyages. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.

The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a northwest passage into the south sea wherein the miseries endured, both going, wintering and returning ... are related in this journal of it ... with an appendix concerning the longitude / by Master Gellibrand.