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(CALIFORNIA.) Cooke, Edward. A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world. 8 maps, 19 plates, 3 folding tables, a few text illustrations. 2 volumes. [24], 456, [12]; [8], xxiv, 328, [8] pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear, tastefully rebacked to match; a bit toned but quite nice internally; early bookplate on first pastedown. London: Lintot and Gosling, 1712
Second and greatly expanded edition, the entire second volume being new material. Written by an officer on Captain Woodes Rogers's privateering ship Dutchess, on a mission of plunder around the world. After doing battle with a Spanish galleon bound from Acapulco to Manila, the ship visited Cabo San Lucas on Baja California, described in Volume I:335-344 (see illustration). Also includes a long translation of a captured Spanish navigation manuscript, illustrated in the text with views of the Spanish Pacific coastline. Borba de Moraes, page I:206; European Americana 712/41; Hill, Pacific Voyages 372; Sabin 16303; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 77.
