Voyages dans La Mer Du Sud, Par Les Espagnols et les Hollandois Ouvrage Traduit de l'Anglois de M. Dalrymple
Paris: Saillant et Nyon, 1774. 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. xvi, 502, [2]. Complete with 3 folding maps (early repairs). Original quarter roan & marbled boards, title on spine, Freville's Voyages. Includes such voyages prior to Cook as those of Magellan, Mendana, Juan Fernandes, Quiros, Le Maire and Shouten, Tasman, Roggewein, Dalrymple's letter to Hawkesworth. Includes map of the Southern Ocean showing Tasman's route, with New Zealand as Tasman saw it. Another highly detailed map is of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and a third of New Guinea and Cap de Bonne Esperance. A very good complete copy in the original binding. Very Good. Item #020207
Price: $3,040.00 NZD