Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/43
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VOYAGES AND TRAVELS—continued. 426 Shelvocke (Capt. George) VoyacE round the Wortp by the way of the GREAT SouTH SEA, 1719-22, in the Speedwell, second edition, revised and republished by George Shelvocke, map and plates, 8vo., cont. calf, gilt back, 1757, fine copy £5 10s Shelvocke rounded Cape Horn, sailed up the West Coast of America until he reached California, of which he gives a description of the Southern-most portion. On the return from this voyage Shelvocke was tried for piracy, but was acquitted. 427 Stedman (Capt. J. G.) Narrative of a Five Years’ Ex- PEDITION against the REVOLTED NEGROES of SURINAM in GuIANna, on the Wild Coast of SourH America, from 1772-77, portraits, map and COLOURED PLATES, 2 vols, 4to., Af. red calf, 1796 #12 Copies with coloured plates are rare. 428 Thunberg (Charles P.) TRavxEts in Europ, Arrica and Asia, 1770-79, plates of the Cape of Good Hope, é&c., 4 vols, sm. 8vo., cont. calf, 1795 £3 3s Deals mainly with the Cape of Good Hope, Java and Japan. 429 Vancouver (Capt. G.) A Voyace of Discovery to the NortH Pacific OcEAN and round the Wor.p, 1790-95, in the Dzscovery and Chatham, FIRST EDITION, wth plates by Heath, Landseer, @c., 3 vols, 4to., cont. calf, rebacked, and the folto ATLAS containing 16 maps and charts, cl., 1798 435 430 Wales (William As¢ronomer on the ‘* Resolution”’) REMARKS on Mr. Forster’s Account of CAPTAIN CooK’s’ Last [Seconp|] Voyace round the Wor.Lp, 1772-75, 8vo., Af. calf (110 pages), 1777 410 A violent attack on the Forsters for their unauthorised account of Cook’s Second Voyage. George Forster issued two pamphlets in reply. As is usual with every copy we have seen three words have been crossed out in ink on page 48. 431 Wilson (Capt. James) Voyacx to the SourHERN Paciric OcEAN, 1796-98, in the Missionary Sure “‘ Durr,” compiled from the Journals of the Officers and Missionaries [by Dr. Thomas Haweis], with Account of the 8.8. Islands, maps, chart and views, 4to., calf, rebacked, 1799 £1 10s The Duff reached Tahiti in 1797, after making several cruises, in the course of which she visited the Marquesas, traversed the Low Archipelago, and from Ton- gatabu made the voyage to Canton, through the Fiji and Caroline Groups. Some results were gained in the way of a more precise knowledge of some of the islands visited, especially in the Eastern part of the Fiji Group.
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