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Title	The English Circumnavigators: The Most Remarkable Voyages Round The World By English Sailors
Author	Purves, David

Book #   000010
Publisher   William P. Nimmo
Place   London
Year   1878
Book Condition   Good
Jacket Condition   No Jacket
Binding   Pictorial Cover

Price:    $95.00

Description First Edition. Four Volumes in One containing Four Separate Titles. Engraved frontispiece. (Title 1) Drake, Sir Francis. The World Encompassed. First published, London 1628. Folding map frontis. (Title 2) Dampier, William. A New Voyage Round The World. First published, London 1797. Folding map frontis. (Title 3) Anson, George. A Voyage Round The World in the Years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744. First published, London 1748. Folding map frontis, (Title 4) Cook, Captain James. Cook's Voyages Round The World. Folding map frontis. Facsimile title pages for first three titles. Book has a total of 830 pages including Index. 12mo. Marbled fore edges.