A voyage to New-Holland, &c. in the year 1699
wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil, Cape Salvadore, the winds on the Brasilian coast, Abrohlo shoals, a table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage, occurrences near the Cape of Good-Hope, the course to New-Holland, Shark's Bay, the isles, and coast, &c. of New-Holland : their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c., their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c., trees, plants, fruits, &c. : illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper plates : vol. III
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- Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705? - Contributor
- Anson, Thomas (bookplate) - Contributor
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Printed for James and John Knapton ..., London, England
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English
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- A continuation of a voyage to New-Holland, &c. in the year 1699.
- A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America.
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- A voyage to New-Holland, &c. in the year 1699: wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil, Cape Salvadore, the winds on the Brasilian coast, Abrohlo shoals, a table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage, occurrences near the Cape of Good-Hope, the course to New-Holland, Shark's Bay, the isles, and coast, &c. of New-Holland : their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c., their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c., trees, plants, fruits, &c. : illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper plates : vol. III
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