A Collection of Voyages. In Four Volumes. Containing: I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages round the World. New Holland &c. II. The Voyages of Lionel Wafer. III. A Voyage round the World: containing an Account of Capt. Dampier's Expedition into the South Seas in the ship St. George. By W. Funnell. IV. Capt. Cowley's Voyage round the Globe. V. Capt. Sharp's Journey over the isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South-Seas. VI. Capt. Wood's Voyage through the streights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Roberts' Adventures and Sufferings amongst the Corsairs of the Levant.

Dampier, William

Published by James and John Knapton, London, 1729

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The 1729 collected edition of Dampier in four volumes. This is a rare set in lovely condition. Full calf leather binding, boards sprinkled with gilt edges. Spine elaborately tooled and labled in gold. All edges sprinkled. Three previous owners book plates on front end paper. Catalogue entry pasted on end paper. Stamp 'Bound by W Pratt, on front end paper. Flyleaf stamped 'Barnbougle Castle' which is part of the Earl of Rosebery Estate on the shore of the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Many engraved plates and maps. Dampier is best known as the first Englishman to land on the Australian continent. Dampier's first book was published in 1697, an account of his early voyaging in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, while his account of the famous voyage of HMS Roebuck appeared in two parts in 1703 and 1709. All of his works were issued by Knapton, who also issued the narratives of other buccaneers, many of whom were colleagues of Dampier. As such in 1729 he issued this collected edition, with three volumes devoted to Dampier himself, and a fourth containing Funnell's critical account of the Dampier voyage as well as the narratives of Cowley, Sharp, Wood and Roberts. Knapton used the latest editions of each of the four volumes with a new general title-page to produce the collected edition as it appears here; thus the first volume is in its "seventh edition, corrected" form, while the others are represented by third or fourth edition texts. This is a heavy / oversized item so may incur higher postage rates. Further details and images are available on request. Seller Inventory # 194

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Collection of Voyages. In Four Volumes. ...

Publisher: James and John Knapton, London

Publication Date: 1729

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very fine

Book Type: book