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Title: Five facsimile editions of classic works on exploration Author: Place: Amsterdam and New York Publisher: N. Israel & De Capo Press Date: Various dates Description: 5 volumes. Illustrated with maps, plates, charts, etc. (4to), various bindings. Includes: Dixon, George. A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America (Bibliotheca Australiana No. 37). With 5 folded charts, 3 folded coastal views & 13 b/w plates. Original white boards, blue title and spine labels, acetate dust jacket. Facsimile of the 1789 edition. 1968. Labillardiere, M. Voyage in Search of La Perouse 1791-1794. (Bibliotheca Australiana No. 14). Numerous plates, fold-out map. Original white boards, blue title and spine labels, acetate dust jacket. Facsimile of the 1800 edition. 1971. [Magra, James]. A Journal of Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771...(Bibliotheca Australiana No. 14). Original white boards, blue title and spine labels, acetate dust jacket. Facsimile of the 1771 edition. An anonymously published work on Cook's first voyage to the Pacific, published before the official accounts. 1967. Portlock, Nathaniel. A Voyage Round the World: But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America (Bibliotheca Australiana # 43). Numerous folding maps, plates. Original white boards, blue title and spine labels, acetate dust jacket. Facsimile of the 1789 edition. 1968. Wagner, Henry Raup. Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements. Numerous plates, charts and maps, some folding. Green cloth with red labels lettered in gilt. Facsimile reprint of the 1926 edition printed by John Howell, San Francisco. 1969. A selection of handsomely presented facsimile editions of classic works on exploration, including original maps, plates, charts, etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 288290