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FREZIER (AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS)
A Voyage to the South-Sea, and Along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714... with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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FREZIER (AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS)

A Voyage to the South-Sea, and Along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714... with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley, first edition in English, title printed in red and black, 37 engraved maps, charts and plates (many folding) by J. Senex, J.B. Scotin, N. Guérard and others after Frézier, Directions to Binder leaf bound after Preface, ocasional light browning and soiling, some offsetting onto plates, 2M1 dampstained, bookplates of John Peyto and Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke, and Sir Bernard Greenwell of Greenwell, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked [Sabin 25926; Borba de Moraes I, p.329; Hill 654; Nissen ZBI 1433], 4to, Jonah Bowyer, 1717

Footnotes

The first English edition of Frézier's account of his voyage, made on the orders of Louis XIV to obtain military intelligence for a possible operation against the Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast. He surveyed the Le Maire Strait and the west coast of Tierra del Fuego, producing one of the most accurate descriptions of South America to date. Halley's postscript corrects several geographical errors made in the original French edition of 1716.

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