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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  39
• Lot Description:
  Dampier, William. A New Voyage round the World
  Describing particularly the Isthmus of America, several Coasts and Islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the Passage by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea Coasts of Chile, Peru and Mexico; the Isle of Guam one of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East-India Islands... New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles; the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Helena... Illustrated with particular maps and draughts. Octavo, with five maps (four folding), with errata and three pages of advertisements on four terminal leaves, pale damp marks, bound in period-style panelled calf, contrasting spine label.
• Notes:
  The rare first edition of Dampier’s first work. The New Voyage includes Dampier’s landing in Western Australia, the first landfall on the Australian continent by an Englishman, when in January 1688, “being now clear of all the Islands, we stood off South, intending to touch at New Holland, a part of Terra Australis Incognita, to see what the country would afford us... New Holland is a very large tract of Land.” Although they remained only a very short time, they made a survey of the north-west coast near King Sound. Before Cook, the western coast of New Holland was still considered part of the mythical great southern landmass, Terra Australis Incognita. Dampier observes, however: “It is not yet determined whether it is an island or a main continent; but I am certain that it joyns neither to Asia, Africa, nor America…”. Dampier’s account of his visit includes a long description of the Aborigines, whom he considered “the miserablest people in the world.” The folding “Map of the East Indies” shows a large part of the north west coast of Australia and shows where the expedition stopped on their voyage back to the East Indies. Hill 2, 417 (but second edition only).
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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