A Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas Complete in Five Volumes... Volumes 1 to 5... (5 VOLUMES) by James Burney - 1967

Amsterdam: Nico Israel Da Capo Press. Fine. 1968. Hardcover. 4to. Facsimile reprint of the 1819 London edition. 318pp. , with 2 folding maps. Bound in simulated vellum. The work contains accounts of voyages by the English, Dutch, Danes and Russians, in search of the North-east passage to India and China, Kamchatka, and discoveries in the Polar Seas. The Russian accounts relate among many others to the Spangberg and Walton voyages to Japan, the voyages of Bering and Tscherikow, and those to the Aleutian Islands, the N. W. Coast of America, etc. . Bibliotheca Australiana 49. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M23 .

Amsterdam: Nico Israel Da Capo Press. Fine. 1968. Hardcover. 4to. Facsimile reprint of the 1819 London edition. 318pp. , with 2 folding maps. Bound in simulated vellum. The work contains accounts of voyages by the English, Dutch, Danes and Russians, in search of the North-east passage to India and China, Kamchatka, and discoveries in the Polar Seas. The Russian accounts relate among many others to the Spangberg and Walton voyages to Japan, the voyages of Bering and Tscherikow, and those to the Aleutian Islands, the N. W. Coast of America, etc. . Bibliotheca Australiana 49. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M23 .

Da Capo Press. Used - Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf wear. Minor scuffing to boards, creasing at top of spine. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Exploration).

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery: And of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians.

Paperback / softback. New. James Burney was a Fellow of the Royal Society and experienced naval officer who served on Cook's second and third voyages to the South Seas. In this work, published in 1819, he summarises nine hundred years of European and Russian exploration of the coastline from Northern Europe to North-East Asia.

Cambridge University Press, 2012. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 8.43x5.51x0.87 inches.

N Israel/Amsterdam and Da Capo Press/NY. 1967.. 4to. Hardcover, simulated vellum, blue labels on front and spine; text in fine cond. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1819 edition, with two folded charts and accounts of voyages by the English, French, Danes and Russians. No 5 in Bibliotheca Australiana.

Hardback. New.