Americas.- Central America.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, folding engraved map, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional browning or soiling, a few stains to verso of B8, engraved bookplate of Tho.Jelf Powys, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, nearly rebacked, [Hill 324; Sabin 14095], 8vo, C.Rivington, 1735. ⁂ Having been captured by pirates off the coast of Honduras Cockburn and five others escaped and made their way across the isthmus to the Pacific coast, enduring such hardship along the way that this account was for many years regarded as mostly fiction. It also includes 'A Briefe Discoverye of...the Travells of Nicholas Withington, a Factor in the East-Indiase' at end.
Americas.- Central America.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, folding engraved map, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional browning or soiling, a few stains to verso of B8, engraved bookplate of Tho.Jelf Powys, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, corners slightly worn, nearly rebacked, [Hill 324; Sabin 14095], 8vo, C.Rivington, 1735. ⁂ Having been captured by pirates off the coast of Honduras Cockburn and five others escaped and made their way across the isthmus to the Pacific coast, enduring such hardship along the way that this account was for many years regarded as mostly fiction. It also includes 'A Briefe Discoverye of...the Travells of Nicholas Withington, a Factor in the East-Indiase' at end.
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