Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen im Süd-Meer

Hawkesworth, Johann (John) — Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen im Süd-Meer… Zweiter Band. Berlin: A. Haude und J. C. Spener, 1774. 4to (25 × 21 cm). 408, 2 2 pp. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards, spine gilt-ruled with raised bands; marbled endpapers. [An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere] German translation (by Johann Friedrich Schiller) of Hawkesworth’s celebrated account of the British voyages in the South Seas under Byron, Carteret, Wallis, and Captain Cook, with material from the journals of Cook and Joseph Banks. Illustrated with numerous fine folding copper-engraved plates and charts, including views of Tahiti, Tierra del Fuego, native habitations, botanical subjects, and detailed coastal profiles and maps. Binding rubbed with surface loss to boards; plates crisp and impressions strong. A handsome and complete volume from one of the great eighteenth-century voyage narratives. Inv. Ho10