(TRAVEL) Anderson George William A New Authentic and Complet

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(TRAVEL.) Anderson, George William. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World. 26 maps, 128 (of 131) plates. 655, [5] pages. Folio, modern 1/2 morocco; frontispiece and title page remargined, folding map laid down, bound tightly to obscure some plate captions; early Bromhead family bookplates on front pastedown and signature on title page, minor edge wear and short tears to several leaves. London, 1784

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"An important compilation of English voyages, richly illustrated"--Hill 18. More than half the volume is devoted to Cook's three voyages; also includes abridged accounts of the voyages of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson, and Drake.