A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF CAPTAIN DAMPIER'S EXPEDITION INTO THE SOUTH-SEAS IN THE SHIP ST. GEORGE, IN THE YEARS 1703 AND 1704. WITH HIS VARIOUS ADVENTURES, ENGAGEMENTS, &c. AND A PARTICULAR AND EXACT DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE BRAZILIAN COAST, THE PASSAGE AROUND CAPE HORN, AND THE COASTS OF CHILI, PERU, AND MEXICO. TOGETHER WITH THE AUTHOR'S VOYAGE FROM AMAPALLA ON THE WEST-COAST OF MEXICO, TO EAST-INDIA. HIS PASSING BY THREE UNKNOWN ISLANDS, AND THRO' A NEW-DISCOVER'D STREIGHT NEAR THE COAST OF NEW-GUINEA; HIS ARRIVAL AT AMBOYNA: WITH A LARGE DESCRIPTION OF THAT AND OTHER SPICE ISLANDS; AS ALSO AT BATAVIA, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. THEIR RIVERS, HARBOURS, PLANTS, ANIMALS, INHABITANTS, &c. WITH DIVERS MAPS, DRAUGHTS, FIGURES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. BY WILLIAM FUNNELL, MATE TO CAPTAIN DAMPIER

Author: Funnell, William
Title: A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF CAPTAIN DAMPIER'S EXPEDITION INTO THE SOUTH-SEAS IN THE SHIP ST. GEORGE, IN THE YEARS 1703 AND 1704. WITH HIS VARIOUS ADVENTURES, ENGAGEMENTS, &c. AND A PARTICULAR AND EXACT DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE BRAZILIAN COAST, THE PASSAGE AROUND CAPE HORN, AND THE COASTS OF CHILI, PERU, AND MEXICO. TOGETHER WITH THE AUTHOR'S VOYAGE FROM AMAPALLA ON THE WEST-COAST OF MEXICO, TO EAST-INDIA. HIS PASSING BY THREE UNKNOWN ISLANDS, AND THRO' A NEW-DISCOVER'D STREIGHT NEAR THE COAST OF NEW-GUINEA; HIS ARRIVAL AT AMBOYNA: WITH A LARGE DESCRIPTION OF THAT AND OTHER SPICE ISLANDS; AS ALSO AT BATAVIA, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. THEIR RIVERS, HARBOURS, PLANTS, ANIMALS, INHABITANTS, &c. WITH DIVERS MAPS, DRAUGHTS, FIGURES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. BY WILLIAM FUNNELL, MATE TO CAPTAIN DAMPIER
Publication: London, England: W. Botham for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1707
Edition: First Edition

Description: Hardcover. INCOMPLETE: READING COPY: 12mo. 7.1 in. x 4.7 in., pp. [14], 1-262, 266-300, [18] (index, advertising). Half-bound leather over marbled boards. Rubbing to extremities; corners showing. Front gutter cracked but holding. LACKS map of world and most plates. HAS foldout map of Mexico and two plates (pp. 122, 131, 230). Lacks four leaves of Contents (unpaginated) and two leaves of text (pp. 263-266). Previous owner's name to front pastedown. NOTE: This copy is missing most of its original "supporting" documents -- maps, plates, etc. But the narrative is present. Reading copy, Fair.

Funnell was first mate on the St. George, captained by William Dampier, which was basically a privateering adventure to capture Spanish ships.

Seller ID: 81438

Subject: Travel, Exploration

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