(CALIFORNIA) Shelvocke George A Voyage Round the World by Wa

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(CALIFORNIA.) Shelvocke, George. A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea. Folding map on 2 sheets (extraneous creasing in margins), 4 plates. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints starting; hinges split, trimmed to 7.5 inches with loss of part of final line of title page; bookplate and bookseller's tag and bookplate on front pastedown, early owner's signature on front free endpaper. London, 1726

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first edition of a privateering narrative. "Shelvocke has the fullest accounts of California, the natives and other features, of any of the old voyagers. Gold-dust was discovered by the party in abundance, or such they claimed"--Cowan page 211. The world map, in two hemispheres, depicts California as an island, and two of the plates depict Californians. Also contains interesting material on South America. European Americana 726/192; Hill 1557; Howes S383; Sabin 80158; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 88.