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Voyages.- Harris (John) Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, [edited by John Campbell], 2 vol., second edition, licence leaf, titles in red and black, 22 engraved maps (15 double-page and/or folding) and 39 portraits, plates and plans, some light foxing or browning, a few stains, vol.1 with small tear to 6A2, stain to plate of Chinese prostitute and tear to foot of map of Africa at fold, vol.2 with a few plates/maps slightly shaved at edges (map of North Pole also a little damp-stained at upper edge), plate of Siberia/Skamansky waterfall soiled and frayed at edge with slight loss to lower outer corner, contemporary blind-stamped reversed calf, rather worn and scuffed, joints broken and frayed, [Hill 775; Sabin 30483], folio, T.Woodward [& others], 1744-48. ⁂ The second and best edition of this important collection of voyages including Emmanuel Bowen's map of Georgia and the first English map of New Holland (Australia). "This is the revised and enlarged version of the 1705 first edition ...[This] edition, especially prized for its maps, has been called the most complete by several authorities. Particularly valuable is the inclusion of Tasman's original map and two short articles printed on the map ...". Hill As well as important accounts of voyages the plates include a view of Macao, plans of Canton and Peking, the Pharos at Alexandria, Cortes and Moctezuma, Bering's expedition, whaling and a portrait of Sir Francis Drake.