Description: The first edition of Harris's great collection of travels, seeking to give an account of every major traveller up to the time of publication. 'This first edition is valuable for the original impressions of a fine series of maps by Hermann Moll including a very good one of America. There is also a map of the world on Mercator's projection, with improvements showing the northern coastline and part of the west and south coasts of Australia, together with parts of Tasmania and New Zealand. Among the voyages included are those of Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Schouten, Hawkins, Narborough, and Dampier' (Hill).

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: The first edition of Harris's great collection of travels, seeking to give an account of every major traveller up to the time of publication. 'This first edition is valuable…

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Description: "This book contains the annotated translation of an account of Spain's Armada of the Strait, which traveled to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan under Don Diego Flores de Valde∞s in 1581-84. Pedro de Rada, the official scribe of the armada, kept a detailed, neutral chronicle of the venture which remained in private hands until 1999 but is now held in the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It is published here for the first time. The voyage came at a crucial juncture in global politics, when Philip II of Spain had claimed the throne of Portugal and its empire, and Francis Drake's daring peacetime raids had challenged the dominance of Spain and Portugal in the Americas."--Provided by publisher.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This book contains the annotated translation of an account of Spain's Armada of the Strait, which traveled to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan under Don Diego Flores de…

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Description: In 1766-8 Callander brought out in three volumes 'Terra Australis Cognita, or Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries', partly translated from Charles de Brosses. While this was an influential work for British readers, and timely given the expeditions of James Cook, the content involved adaptation without acknowledgement of the work and maps of de Brosses, and is considered as plagiarism. (Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Callander, John". Dictionary of National Biography. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co.)

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: In 1766-8 Callander brought out in three volumes 'Terra Australis Cognita, or Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries',…

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Description: First edition, published by Robinson with the authors' names given on the title page: both Hill and Sabin mention another edition published in the same year by Twig with a title that does not mention the authors' names. This latter edition is not mentioned by ESTC, and none of the bibliographies mention the publisher's advertisements. The Wager was a transport and supply ship, part of George Anson's fleet of eight ships sent to harass the Spanish in the Pacific. She rounded Cape Horn successfully but ran aground on 14 May 1741 in the Guayaneco Archipelago on the southern coast of Chile. The present work (by the ship's gunner Bulkeley and the carpenter Cummins) records the "proceedings and conduct of the officers and crew, and the hardships they endured in the said island for the space of five months; their bold attempt at liberty [under the command of Bulkeley and the senior ranking officer, John Baynes], in coasting the southern part of the vast region of Patagonia; setting out upwards of eighty souls in their boats; the loss of the cutter; their passage through the Straits of Magellan; an account of their manner of living during the voyage on seals, wild horses, dogs, &c. and the incredible hardships they frequently underwent for want of food of any kind; a description of the several plates where they touch'd in the Straits of Magellan, with an account of the inhabitants, &c. and their safe arrival in Brazil, after sailing one thousand leagues in a long-boat; their reception from the Portuguese; an account of the disturbances at Rio Grand [sic.]; their arrival at Rio Janeiro [on 12 April 1742]; their passage and usage on board a Portuguese ship to Lisbon [which arrived on 28 November 1742]; and ... [the eight remaining survivors] return to England" (title page). David Cheap, the captain of the Wager, and John Byron, then a midshipman, belonged to a second return party which became the subject of separate accounts by Byron and others. An interesting side-effect was the change in Royal Naval procedures prompted by the events surrounding the wreck of The Wager : at the time, men who were serving aboard ships that were wrecked ceased to be paid from the date of the wreck. This allowed members of The Wager's crew to make the case that since they were no longer being paid by the navy, they were also no longer bound by naval discipline and therefore able to ignore the orders of senior officers. This prompted the Royal Navy to make it clear that the members of a ship's crew were under naval discipline even after a shipwreck and therefore liable to court-martial if they rebelled against their officers.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: First edition, published by Robinson with the authors' names given on the title page: both Hill and Sabin mention another edition published in the same year by Twig with a…

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Description: "This account was privately printed for subscription, and is one of the rarest of Pacific voyage narratives. It offers a full description of Colnett's second Pacific voyage in the Rattler, during which he opened up the South Pacific sperm-whale fields and made two visits to the Galapagos islands. He describes the voyage out via Rio de Janeiro, around Cape Horn, along the coasts of South America and Mexico, and into the Gulf of California. He did not stop at Hawaii on this visit, though the lengthy preface contains references to his first voyage, on which he made an extended stay in Hawaiian waters during the winter of 1787-1788. Colnett's ship, Rattler, a Royal Navy sloop, was purchased from the Admiralty and altered to serve as a whaler. The voyage lasted from January 1793 until October 1794. In addition to the informative and lively text, this work is remarkable for the quality of the maps and plates. The folding plate within the text shows a diagram of a sperm whale, complete with scale and labelled segments, the two folding plates at the back show coastal profiles of six different locations. The large folding maps show the islands of Felix and Ambrose (on one map), the Pacific Coast of the Americas as far as California (one map), and individual maps of the islands of Revillagigedo, Cocos, the Galapagos, and Quibo.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This account was privately printed for subscription, and is one of the rarest of Pacific voyage narratives. It offers a full description of Colnett's second Pacific voyage in…

Description: Second and best edition, with the additional chart of the western and southern oceans which did not appear in the earlier edition. This compendium of early voyages includes an early account in English of Tasman's famous voyage of 1642. The book also prints the narrative of Narborough's voyage in the Batchelour

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Second and best edition, with the additional chart of the western and southern oceans which did not appear in the earlier edition. This compendium of early voyages includes an…

Description: Includes Narbrough's 1669-71 voyage through the Strait of Magellan and into the South Pacific; Abel Janszoon Tasman's 1642-43 voyage to the Pacific, during which he discovered Tasmania; John Wood's and William Flawes' 1676 voyage in search of the north-east passage, during which they visited Novaya Zemlya; and the first English translation of Friedrich Martens' voyage to Spitzbergen and Greenland in 1671.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Includes Narbrough's 1669-71 voyage through the Strait of Magellan and into the South Pacific; Abel Janszoon Tasman's 1642-43 voyage to the Pacific, during which he discovered…

Description: Includes accounts of the principal early Australian voyages, such as Saavvedra, Gaetano, Torres, Mendan▐a, Queiro∞s, and Nodal. Also, an account of the discovery of Australia by the Dutch, early voyages to New Guinea and the Palau Islands, and Roggeveen's voyage to Terres Australes. African voyages include the early Portuguese and English voyages to West Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, with a general account of the Dutch at the Cape. Pacific voyages include those of Magellan, Scheuten and Le Maire, Drake, Sarmiento, Cavendish, Spilbergen, Narbrough, Rogers, Cowley, Frezier, and Anson. Particularly full accounts are given of the Dutch and the French voyages to the East Indies, voyages to China, and the British East India Company's voyages to India and Ceylon. Cf. Hill.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Includes accounts of the principal early Australian voyages, such as Saavvedra, Gaetano, Torres, Mendan▐a, Queiro∞s, and Nodal. Also, an account of the discovery of Australia…

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Description: First French edition of the famous Dalrymple collection, translated by the influential de Fr┌ville (see also catalgue no 16), who also translated the official accounts of Cook's voyages. His own book Histoire des Nouvelles

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: First French edition of the famous Dalrymple collection, translated by the influential de Fr┌ville (see also catalgue no 16), who also translated the official accounts of…

Description: Account of the voyage to the Palau Islands of the Panther and Endeavour under the command of Captain John M'Cluer, to bring the news to King Abba Thulle of his son's death in England.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Account of the voyage to the Palau Islands of the Panther and Endeavour under the command of Captain John M'Cluer, to bring the news to King Abba Thulle of his son's death in…

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Description: Translation of: Voyage a la mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le vaisseau le Wager.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Translation of: Voyage a la mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le vaisseau le Wager.