An historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators; including those latterly undertaken by order of his present Majesty. The whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers. Drake, ... and Cook, 1767-72 together with that of Sydney Parkinson, ... And the voyage of Mons. Bougainville ... Illustrated with maps, charts, and historical prints. In four volumes. To which is added and appendix. ... Volume the first. (-fourth).
David Henry (1710-1792)
Category
Books
Date
1774
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3092245.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1., fold. maps, 21 cm. Boxed, upper boards detached and missing, tears to title page, map and pages iii and iv. Pencil marks on front pastedown. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on title page: 'J.H. Whitmore' = John Henry Whitmore (1795/6-1853) who assumed the surname Jones on inheriting Chastleton in 1828. Binding: Eighteenth-century sheep, gold-ruled spines with five raised bands, red spine-labels, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
David Henry (1710-1792)