NARBROUGH (JOHN) An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea... II. Captain J. Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra Incognita. III. Captain J. Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passage to China. IV. F. Marten's Observations Made in Greenland, and other Northern Countries, 1711
NARBROUGH (JOHN)
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the South-Sea... II. Captain J. Tasman's Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra Incognita. III. Captain J. Wood's Attempt to Discover a North-East Passage to China. IV. F. Marten's Observations Made in Greenland, and other Northern Countries, second edition, edited by Tancred Robinson, 3 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates (5 folding, 3 with the ship flags crudely hand-coloured), bookplate of Robert, Lord Viscount Tamworth Grandson on verso of title, early panelled calf [Hill 1476; Sabin 72186] , 8vo, D. Brown, and W. Innys, 1711
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  • The second edition includes a new chart of the western and southern oceans, and a section relating to whaling and Greenland.

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