The English Circumnavigators; The Remarkable Voyages Round The World by English Sailors. With A Preliminary Sketch Of Their Lives And Discoveries

Purves, David Laing; Cochrane, R.

Published by William P. Nimmo, London, 1878

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Octavo, 831pp, [5]. Quarter brown morocco, brown cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands. Solid text block. Includes frontispiece and vignette, and complete with four fold-out global maps. St. Andrew's College stamp opposite title page, otherwise free of marks or notations. New endpapers. An attractive example. This work contains the following accounts of global exploration: Drake's Voyage Round The World, Dampier's Voyage Round The World, Anson's Voyage Round The World and Cook's three voyages. Seller Inventory # 14017

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Title: The English Circumnavigators; The Remarkable...

Publisher: William P. Nimmo, London

Publication Date: 1878

Binding: Quarter Leather

Illustrator: First edition of The English Circumnavigators by David Laing Purves and R. Cochrane, published in 1874.

Condition: Near fine

Edition: First Edition.

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