RARE: 1787 A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea -maps

A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, in the Year 1777:
With a Supplement of a Voyage from Venice to Latichea, and of a Route through the Desarts of Arabia, by Aleppo, Bagdad, and the Tygris in the years 1780 and 1781.
 In letters to a lady.

Volume II - Third Edition

By Eyles Irwin (East India Company)

London: J. Dodsley; 1787
 

Eyles Irwin was born in Calcutta and served with the East India Company. He was appointed the ship's writer in the East India Company's Madras Presidency but was later dismissed when he refused to take a post at Vizagapatam after the revolution in the Madras government, against which he signed a protest. He departed for England in 1777, but his ship was captured by pirates and the passengers were forced to cross the desert between the Red Sea coast and the Nile. It took him eleven months to reach England. In the autumn of 1780 he returned to India by the route which is described in the third edition. of this work. The text consists of two letters describing 1) the Red Sea voyage 2) the Route through the Egyptian desert. The author recounts his imprisonment in Yanbu, Arabia, and further voyage to Jeddah, as well as his adventures in Egypt, his journeys through the Peloponnese and Balkans as well as Persia. He includes an "Ode to the Persian Gulf", which extols the beauties of Bahrain. This is volume 2 and describes his trip through the dessert.

Bound in 3/4 calf leather over green marbled boards.  The maps are all present but are all damaged (see item condition notes and photos). 402 pages. 8.5" x 5.5".