Item #009932 The Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James, In his Intended Discovery of a North West Passage into the South Sea, Wherein The Miseries indured, both Going, Wintering and Returning, and the Rarities observ'd Philosophical, Mathematical and Natural are related in this Journal of it, publish'd by the Special Command of King Charles I. To which is added A Map for Sailing in those Seas : Also divers Tables of the Author's of the Variation of the Compass, &c. With an Appendix concerning the Longitude, by Master Gellibrand, Astronomy Reader at Gresham College. Thomas James.

The Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James, In his Intended Discovery of a North West Passage into the South Sea, Wherein The Miseries indured, both Going, Wintering and Returning, and the Rarities observ'd Philosophical, Mathematical and Natural are related in this Journal of it, publish'd by the Special Command of King Charles I. To which is added A Map for Sailing in those Seas : Also divers Tables of the Author's of the Variation of the Compass, &c. With an Appendix concerning the Longitude, by Master Gellibrand, Astronomy Reader at Gresham College

Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection, 1973. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Very Good. Item #009932

Facsimile of the second edition, revised and corrected. Originally published 1740. Soft cover. 142 pp. Rubbing to extremities, sunning to spine, damp staining to tail edge. Bookplate to inside front cover.

Price: $25.00

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