A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699 :
wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the Bay of All Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brasil, Cape Salvadore, the winds on the Brasilian coast, Abrohlo-Shoals, a table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage, occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope, the course to New Holland. Shark's Bay, the isles and coast, &c. of New Holland : their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c., their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c. trees, plants, fruits, &c. : illustrated with several maps and draughts, also divers birds, fishes, and plants, not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper-plates : vol. III /
by Captain William Dampier.
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English
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London : Printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1703.
- Note
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Five pages of publisher's advertisements at end.
Includes index.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-M⁸.
First edition of this volume. The volume numeration continues that of the fourth edition of Dampier's "A new voyage round the world" (designated "Vol. I"), and the first edition of "Voyages and descriptions" (designated "Vol. II"), both published in 1699.
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[24], 162, [14] pages, [15] leaves of plates (some folded) :
illustrations, maps (engravings) ;
20 cm (8vo)
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