(TRAVEL) [Robinson Sir Tancred; editor] An Account of Severa

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(TRAVEL.) [Robinson, Sir Tancred; editor.] An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North. 3 folding maps, 19 plates. 8vo, modern calf in period style; dampstaining, plate "L" detached but present, folding whaling plate "Q" torn and stained from an early cello tape repair. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1694

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first edition of the text, supplied with maps and plates from the second edition of 1711 (with the addition of the "Chart of the Western and Southern Oceans" but without the usual folding table). Includes Marten's narrative concerning Greenland and the fishery; Narborough's narrative concerning the Straits of Magellan, and Tasman's narrative concerning Van Dieman's Land. European Americana 694/155; Hill 1475-6; Sabin 72185.