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Home / Forest Books William Laywood / Rare and modern books / A Voyage Round the World, In His Majestyís Ship The Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. In which is Contained, a faithful Account of the several Places, People, Plants, Animals, etc. seen on the Voyage: And among other Particulars, A minute and exact Description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the Gigantic People called Patagonians. Together with an accurate Account of Seven Islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By an Officer on Board the said Ship. Printed for J. Newbery and F. Newbery, 1767. Second edition, [4],186pp., without the final advert leaf, engraved frontispiece and a further 2 engraved plates, frontis., and title-page becoming loose, pencil ownership signature to title ìColonel [George Abbas Kooli]

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[Clerke (Charles)]

A Voyage Round the World, In His Majestyís Ship The Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. In which is Contained, a faithful Account of the several Places, People, Plants, Animals, etc. seen on the Voyage: And among other Particulars, A minute and exact Description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the Gigantic People called Patagonians. Together with an accurate Account of Seven Islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By an Officer on Board the said Ship. Printed for J. Newbery and F. Newbery, 1767. Second edition, [4],186pp., without the final advert leaf, engraved frontispiece and a further 2 engraved plates, frontis., and title-page becoming loose, pencil ownership signature to title ìColonel [George Abbas Kooli]

Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768.,

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Forest Books William Laywood

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Author
[Clerke (Charles)]
Publishers
Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768.
Keyword
VOYAGE & TRAVEL ANTIQUARIAN CAPTAIN JAMES COOK PATAGONIA, SHIPWRECK NAVAL MARITIME SEA

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First edition, [4],viii,257,[1]pp., with half-title and engraved frontispiece, cont. half calf, marbled paper boards, hinges slightly cracked, head and foot of spine worn with some light worming to raised bands, marbled paper on lower board peeling, but overall internally a clean and bright copy. Of the first work Hill notes ìThis account of John Byronís circumnavigation is usually ascribed to midshipman Charles Clerke, who later sailed on all three of Captain Cookís voyages.î. Of the second work, Byron was midshipeman aboard the Wager when it was wrecked off the Chilean coast, and he provides a vivid account of the privations endured by the survivors. The author's grandson Lord Byron drew upon the Narrative as a source for his epic poem ëDon Juaní. Hill, 311 & 232.
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