Author: Helen Wallis [ed.]
Title: Carteret&Apos;S Voyage Round the World 1766-1769
Description: Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society by Cambridge University Press, 1965. Cloth. An interesting two volume set published by The Hakluyt Society, being an account of Captain Philip Carteret's trip to the South Seas. In the original dust wrappers. Number CXXIV of the Second Series. The work consists of Carteret's own manuscript of the voyage alongside another work he wrote with a view to publication which responded to the misrepresentation presented in John Hawkesworth's Voyages of 1773. Edited by Helen Wallis. Profusely illustrated throughout, including five folding maps. Collated complete. From the second series publication of the Hakluyt Society, publishing scholarly editions of primary records of historic voyages and travels. Including early accounts concerning geography, ethnology, and natural history. The second series ran from 1899 to 1998 and comprised one-hundred and ninety volumes.  In the original cloth bindings in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart with slight fading to the extremities. Dust wrappers are smart with spotting to the wraps and the occasional minor closed tear. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: Hakluyt Society Helen Wallis Cartertet Helen Wallis None


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