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A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of
Voyages Round the World,
Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority.

Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full, And Complete History of
Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages,
Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty,
for making Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c.


Publishing under the immediate direction of
GEORGE WILLIAM ANDERSON, Esq
Assisted by the Principal Officer who failed in the Resolution Sloop,
And by many other Gentlemen of the most distinguished Naval Abilities


LONDON
Printed for the Proprietors, and Published by ALEX. HOGG,
at the King's-Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster-Row,
and sold by all Booksellers and News-Carriers in Great Britain, Ireland, &c.
– 1784 –


Original copperplate engravings, nearly 240 years old, on beautiful thin, chain-laid paper • Approximately 9 inches by 14½ inches (some variation due to trimming)


(Click thumbnails for enlarged view and to assess the condition of each engraving. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on these orignal antique copperplate engravings.)

Mr Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Julian, on the Coast of Patagonia
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE PELICAN PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1577, 1578, 1579 AND 1580

Mr Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St. Julian, on the Coast of Patagonia

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$99.99

The Grand Seignior in an elegant Turkish Habit, making a public appearance before his palace
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE PELICAN PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1577, 1578, 1579 AND 1580

The Grand Seignior in an elegant Turkish Habit, making a public appearance before his palace

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

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$99.99

FRONTISPIECE The Genius of the Work instructing Youth
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

FRONTISPIECE
The Genius of the Work instructing Youth in the Conduct of those illustrious Cirumnavigators &c whose medallions are here exhibited and whose Important Discoveries & Exploits (amongst others) are recorded in our Collection

Dampier, Sir Walter Raleigh, Vasquez de Gama, Columbus, Lord Anson, Candish, Sir Francis Drake, Magellan

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

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$179.99

Commodore Anson attending King George the Second
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Commodore (afterwards Lord) Anson attending King George the Second, with an account of his Voyage Round the World

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

The Desire, on of Cavendish's Fleet, in a Dangerous Storm near the Streights of Maghellan
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

The Desire, one of Cavendish's Fleet, in a Dangerous Storm near the Streights of Maghellan [sic]

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

The Desire, on of Cavendish's Fleet, in a Dangerous Storm near the Streights of Maghellan
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Affecting interview of two Moskito Men, one of whom had been left Three Years on the Island of Juan Fernandez by Captain Dampier

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

Gonzalo Pizarro beheaded at Cuzco
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Gonzalo Pizarro beheaded at Cuzco

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

The Rejoicing of the Mexicans, at the beginning of the Age
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

The Rejoicing of the Mexicans, at the beginning of the Age

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

damp stain lower right corner of paper

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$179.99

An image worshipped by the Chingulais
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

An image worshipped by the Chingulais, as the Deity who presides over Health, Wisdom, Plenty &c.

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

Beggin Devotees who stroll through China, and extort Alms, by using various Austerities, which have great influence on the Minds of the People
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Begging Devotees who stroll through China, and extort Alms, by using various Austerities, which have great influence on the Minds of the People

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 high (some variation possible due to trimming)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$99.99

Ceremony of Treading on the Crucifix, and other Images, at the beginning of the Year, in Nagasaki, the Imperial City of Japan
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Ceremony of Treading on the Crucifix, and other Images, at the beginning of the Year, in Nagasaki, the Imperial City of Japan

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 high (some variation possible due to trimming)

unobtrusive hole on right side of image, some light staining in title area

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$99.99

Vasquez de Gama Zamorin King of India
COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS LORD) ANSON
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION
PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1740 THROUGH 1744

Vasquez de Gama introduced to the Zamorin (or King) at Calicut in India

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 9 inches wide by 14.5 high (some variation possible due to trimming)

paper has a natural "cockle" or wrinkle from the paper-making process, some foxing/staining

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$99.99

 A Chart and Views of Pitcairn's Island
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

 A Chart and Views of Pitcairn's Island

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

light foxing and edge/corner wear, bit of paper stuck in upper left

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

Queen Charlottes Island Swallows Bay
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

The North side of the largest of Queen Charlotte's Islands as it appeared running along shore to the Westward...Swallow's Bay...Byron's Harbour

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

horizontal crease at top, trimmed at top (as issued?)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

Mas-a-Fuera island
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

A View of the NW Side of Mas-A-Fuera

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

faint horizontal crease at top, trimmed at top (as issued?)

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

Mas-a-Fuera island
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

Nova Hibernia, The Island of St. John, Cape St. George, Cape Orford, Cape Buller, Lord Sandwich's Island, The Isle of Man, The Mother and two Daughters

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

trimmed at top (as issued?), edge/corner wear and short tears

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

Mas-a-Fuera island
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

Queen Charlotte's Islands, Swallow's Island, Carteret's Island, Lord Egmont's Island of New Guernsey, Lord How's Island or New Jersey

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

paper loss at top, stains on left side

Please click on above image for an enlarged view and to assess condition. Typical age-appropriate toning, foxing, and edge/corner wear or tears are possible. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual antique print.

$179.99

A Draught of Bonthain Bay Situated about 30 Leagues to the SE of Macassar in the Island of Celebes
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

A Draught of Bonthain Bay Situated about 30 Leagues to the SE of Macassar in the Island of Celebes

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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$179.99

Three Views of the Admiralty Islands
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

Three Views of the Admiralty Islands, etc.

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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$179.99

A chart of Captain Carteret's Discoveries at New Britain
CAPTAIN PHILIP CARTERET
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE SWALLOW PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768 AND 1769

A chart of Captain Carteret's Discoveries at New Britain, with part of Capt. Cook's Passage through Endeavour Streights, & of Capt. Dampier's Tract & Discoveries in 1699 & 1700 at New Guinea & New Britain

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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$179.99

A Representation of the Attack on Captain Wallis in the Dolphin, by Natives of Otaheite
CAPTAIN SAMUEL WALLIS, ESQ.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHET THE DOLPHIN (1766-1768)

A Representation of the Attack on Captain Wallis in the Dolphin, by Natives of Otaheite

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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$179.99

Captain Wallis, on his arrival at O'Taheite, in conversation with Oberea the Queen
CAPTAIN SAMUEL WALLIS, ESQ.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHET THE DOLPHIN (1766-1768)

Captain Wallis, on his arrival at O'Taheite, in conversation with Oberea the Queen, while her attendants are performing a favorite Dance called the Timrodee

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

paper loss at top, stains in margins

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$99.99

The Mode of Dancing in the Island of Wielea Exact representation of a Morai, or Burial Place, in Otaheitee
CAPTAIN SAMUEL WALLIS, ESQ.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHET THE DOLPHIN (1766-1768)

The Mode of Dancing in the Island of Wielea
Exact representation of a Morai, or Burial Place, in Otaheitee

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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$179.99

Sir Charles Saunder's Island
CAPTAIN SAMUEL WALLIS, ESQ.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN (1766-1768)

Sir Charles Saunder's Island, Osnaburg Island, Boseawen's Island, Admiral Keppel's Island, Wallis's Island

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

tear at bottom just extending past neat line, stain top left

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$179.99

Sir Charles Saunder's Island
A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE PHIPPS (NOW LORD MULGRAVE)
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE RACEHORSE, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN LUTWYCH IN THE CARCASS SLOOP

View of the Race Horse & Carcass (under command of Lord Mulgrave & Capt. Lutwyche) Inclosed in the Ice, in Lat. 80.37 N when prosecuting their Celebrated Expedition to the North Pole

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

tear at bottom just extending past neat line, stain top left

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$179.99

A Representation of the Interview between Commodore (now Admiral) Byron and the Patagonians
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE (NOW ADMIRAL) BYRON
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN MOUAT IN THE TAMAR SLOOP

A Representation of the Interview between Commodore (now Admiral) Byron and the Patagonians

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

trimmed at top (as issued?)

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$179.99

Woman and Boy of Patagonia
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE (NOW ADMIRAL) BYRON
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN MOUAT IN THE TAMAR SLOOP

A Woman and Boy of Patagonia in South America, receiving Beads, &c. from Commodore (now Admiral) Byron, whose Valuable Discoveries in his Celebrated Voyage Round the World (as well as All the Other Modern Discoveries in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres) will be Inserted in this Work

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

paper loss lower right

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$179.99

Bougainville Magellan Straits
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE (NOW ADMIRAL) BYRON
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN MOUAT IN THE TAMAR SLOOP

M. Bougainville hoisting the French Colours on a Small Rock in Maghellan Streights

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

edge/corner wear

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Various Boats, Barks &c used in the Rivers and on the Coast of Peru in South America
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE (NOW ADMIRAL) BYRON
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN MOUAT IN THE TAMAR SLOOP

Various Boats, Barks &c used in the Rivers and on the Coast of Peru in South America

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 7.75 inches wide by 12 inches high

short tears around edges, edge/corner wear, stain in upper right of image, paper wrinkles

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$99.99

A View in the Island of Rotterdam
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY
THE HON. COMMODORE (NOW ADMIRAL) BYRON
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN MOUAT IN THE TAMAR SLOOP

A View in the Island of Rotterdam

original 230+-year-old copperplate engraving

Sheet size = approximately 14.5 inches wide by 9 inches high (some variation possible due to trimming)

typical edge/corner wear

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$99.99

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