Burney, James. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH SEA OR PACIFIC OCEAN. Illustrated with Charts [and other Plates]. By James Burney, Captain in the Royal Navy. London: Printed by Luke Hansard, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, and sold by G. and W. Nicol [and several others]. 1803 [1806-1813-1816-1817]. 5 vols., cr. 4to; Facsimile Edition; [Vol. 1] Part I. Commencing with an Account of the earliest Discovery of that Sea by Europeans, And terminating with the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, in 1579. Pp. [ii], [ii], xii, [viii], 392(last blank); 5 folding charts, a few text figs. [Vol. 2] Part II. From the Year 1579, to the Year 1620. Pp. [iv], vi, [x], 482, [2](blank); 5 folding & 2 full-page charts & 2 smaller in text, 3 plates & 2 text illusts. [Vol. 3] Part III. From the Year 1620, to the Year 1688. Pp. [ii], [x], 440(last 3 blank); 6 folding & 6 full-page charts, 7 plates (4 folding). [Vol. 4]. Volume IV, To the Year 1723, including a History of the Buccaneers of America. Pp. [ii], xviii, 580; 3 folding & 1 full-page charts & another smaller in text. [Vol. 5]. Volume V. To the Year 1764. Pp. [ii], viii, 178, [2], 179-340(index, last 3 blank); 1 folding & 1 full-page chart, folding view & 1 text illust., index to all five volumes; original simile vellum (some corners slightly bumped); a nice set; scarce. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967).
***Bibliotheca Australiana Nos. 3-7. A vastly comprehensive work covering the period from Magellan to 1764. This facsimile has been out of print for several years and the original edition is a rare and sought-after work. Burney sailed with James Cook on his second voyage. #4977
