An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean : Volume II. Containing the Dutch voyages. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Voyages and travels.

Discoveries in geography.

Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration.

Pacific Ocean.

Polynesia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Polynesia.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages;224, that is, 124;20; pages, 8 unnumbered pages;12 unnumbered pages;40 unnumbered pages,plates : map ; 4⁰

Other Title:

Historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. Vol.2

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author; and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller in ordinary to His Majesty; T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate; and P. Elmsly, opposite Southampton Street, Strand, MDCCLXXI. [1771]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Issued in two parts, with (as part of the preliminary signature in the first part) an extra half-title and a conjugate leaf containing an advertisement for the second part.

Page 124 misnumbered 224.

Apart from the preliminary signature the thirty unpaginated leaves (in three separately signed sequences) contain 'Vocabulary of languages', 'A chronological table of discoveries', and index.

No order is specified for binding the separate sequences of signatures.

Volume I published in 1769 and reissued in 1770.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T74964.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.