A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1703]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC.
- 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 Brazil. Cape Salvador. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrolho Shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast, etc. of New Holland. Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, etc. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, etc. Trees, plants, fruits, etc.
- Illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper plates.
- THE THIRD EDITION.
- LONDON, Printed for James and John Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Churchyard. 1729.
- CONTENTS.
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
- A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND, ETC. IN THE YEAR 1699.
- DEDICATION.
- THE PREFACE.
- A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS.
- CHAPTER 1.
- DEPARTURE AND PROVISIONING EN ROUTE.
- CHAPTER 2.
- SOUTH OF THE LINE TO BRAZIL.
- CHAPTER 3.
- TWO OCEANS AND NEW HOLLAND.
- AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL PLANTS COLLECTED IN BRAZIL, NEW HOLLAND, TIMOR, AND NEW GUINEA, REFERRING TO THE FIGURES ENGRAVEN ON THE COPPER PLATES.
- AN ACCOUNT OF SOME FISHES THAT ARE FIGURED IN PLATES 2 AND 3 FISHES.
- INDEX.
- THE END
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