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Voyage to New Guinea 1780 Forrest 2nd

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Voyage to New Guinea 1780 Forrest 2nd
A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan; Including an account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands; AND ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY COPPERPLATES; performed in the Tartar Gallery, belonging to the Honourable East India Company, during the years 1774, 1775, and 1776. By Captain Thomas Forrest. Second Edition with an Index; LONDON: G. Scott, 1780. 4to in contemporary (mid to late 1800's) binding of light brown polished calf and marbled bds, raised band spine with gilt titles over a red stained background. Plain EP's with Frontispiece copperplate etching of the Captain and another 31 fold-out Maps & Plate Illustrations. XXIII + 411 pages and blanks with the directions for the bookbinder as verso of the last text page. "The second edition of an important and early work on New Guinea, with extensive mapping. Forrest was involved in the 1770 settlement of Balambangan, based on recommendations by Alexander Dalrymple; from 1774 he was in the service of the East India Company, who wanted to extend their sources of trade in the direction of New Guinea." Near Fine