Description: A VOYAGE TO NEW GUINES AND THE MOLUCCAS, from Balambangan: including an Account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands; and illustrated with thirty Copperplates, performed in the Tartar Galley, belonging to the Honourable East India Company, during the Years 1774, 1775, and 1776, by … To which is added, a Vocabulary of the Magindano Tongue.London, Scott, 1780Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates (some folding)Small folio: 8 3/4 by 11"Period calf, boards detached, some damages to the leather, spine damaged.Good interior, with some foxingText in English=============================The author served for some years in the navy and made several voyages to the East. In 1770 he was engaged in forming the new settlement at Balambangan, which had been recommended by Alexander Dalrymple. In 1774, when the council, in accordance with their instructions and with a view to developing new sources of trade, was desirous of sending an exploring party in the direction of New Guinea, Forrest offered his services. He sailed in the Tartar, a native boat of about ten tons burden, with two English officers and a crew of eighteen Malays, he pushed the exploration as far as Geelvink Bay in New Guinea. The voyage was one of examination and enquiry rather than of discovery, and the additions made to geographical knowledge were corrections of detail rather than startling discoveries, but the tact with which he conducted his intercourse with the natives, and the amount of work done in a small boat, deservedly won him credit as a navigator’ (Hill).===================================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
Price: 857 USD
Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania
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Topic: Travel
Binding: Leather
Subject: Illustrated
Language: English
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Year Printed: 1780
