sir john narbrough (4 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The very scarce second edition of these first hand accounts of four important seventeenth century voyages, featuring extracts from Captain Tasman's journal as he discovers New Zealand and Tasmania. The very scarce second edition of Sir John Narborough's secretive voyage in the South Seas, coupled with accounts of Captain Abel Tasman's discoveries of Tasmania and New Zealand, Captain John Wood's attempt to discover a north-east passage to China, and Friedrich Martens' observations made in Greenland.This work is of particular interest due to the the presence of the scarce early account of Tasman's famous voyage of 1642, in which he visited Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Tonga, discovering Tasmania and New Zealand. Extracts taken from Tasman's own journal describe this expedition.The remaining journey's are narrated in first person from unidentified journals, with the introduction remarking on 'the advantages of keeping judicious journals in voyages and itineraries' due to the 'improvement of Geography, Hydrography, Astronomy, Natural and Moral History', which these accounts can afford later readers.With nineteen beautifully illustrated plates, four of which are folding. The three folding maps are absent, although the torn remains of two of them are present. With an advertisement leaf present to the rear.With the collation: [2], A8, b8, B-N8, B-P8, [1]. C3 (page 21 of part II) signature has been misprinted as B3.ESTC reference no. T86883A fascinating and very scarce collection of first hand accounts of some of the seventeenth century's most important and pioneering voyages and discoveries. Rebound in full calf, with the original calf boards and back strip laid down, and original endpapers retained. Rubbing and losses to the original boards and back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean, with the odd spot or light handling mark. The occasional instance of worming throughout, most prominent to pages 17-32, where roughly four words per page are affected. With minor remains of two folding maps present at margins. Very Good. book.

Second edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, some unobtrusive marginal staining, discreet contemporary annotations to margins, lower left corner of title with small tear but not text lost; contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, professionally rebacked to style with endpapers renewed, all edges speckled red, a little wear, a very good copy; [2], xvi, xxi-xxix, [7], 191, [1], 223, [1] pp. The preferred extended second edition of a work that presents one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Tasman's 1642 voyage to Tonga and Fiji. Tasman was also the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand. In addition there is a detailed description of Narbrough's passage in the Batchelour through the Straits of Magellan into the South Pacific and on to Chile. He successfully proved that trade with South America could be profitable without Spanish oversight, which influenced Britain's foreign policy for the next half century. This edition is more desirable with the additional chart of the western and southern oceans, not present in the first edition, and added text relating to whaling off Greenland. Hill, 1476; Howgego I, N3; Sabin 72186.