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BURNEY, JAMES. A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea. Volumes 1-3 (of 5). 12 engraved plates and 21 (of 22) maps; Volume 3 lacks the map to face page 9 (Chart of the South Side of Tierra del Fuego). Together, 3 volumes. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, Volume 1 rear joint cracked, short crack at top of Volume 2 front joint; scattered foxing, occasional light offsetting from or onto engraved matter, endpapers browned. 19th-century bookplates of Benjamin D. Silliman. London, 1803-13
first edition. "The most important general history of early South Sea discoveries, containing practically everything of importance on the subject . . . Many of the early voyages to California would be inaccessible were they not herein collected"--Hill 221. Howes B1002 ("monumental and valuable synthesis").
