Voyages worldwide from Columbus to modern explorers

Description

Selected Collection of Voyages Around the World and to the Strangest Places on Earth from Christopher Columbus to the present day. Contains complete accounts or analyses of expeditions by Christopher Columbus, Pizarro, Hernán Cortés, Anson, Cook, La Pérouse, James Bruce, Mungo Park, Burckhardt, Bougainville, Richard and John Lander, Basil Hall, Byron, Fraser, Chardin, Macartney, Klaproth, Le Vaillant, Bandia, Dumont d'Urville and others. Compiled by William Smith. Paris, Au Bureau de la Publication, circa 1845. 12 volumes, octavo, half-leather binding (with scratches), signed Koehler, some foxing. Vol. 1-VI: Voyages of Anson (1740-1744), Commodore Byron (1764-1766), Bougainville (1766-1769), and Cook's three voyages (1768-1779); includes La Pérouse's expedition (1785-1788), voyages of Baudin, Freycinet, Duperrey, and Dumont d'Urville. Volumes VII-IX: Expeditions to Africa by James Bruce (1768-1772), Le Vaillant (1780-1785), and Mungo Park (1795-1797). Illustrated with folding maps and numerous engravings.