Voyages.- [Robinson (Sir Tancred), editor] An Account of Several late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North..., first edition, 2 parts in 1, title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved maps ('Streights of Magellan' and 'North East and North West parts of the Pole'), 19 engraved plates on 18 sheets, 8 of which folding, one letterpress table, 18th and 19th century ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, E2 small paper-flaw hole affecting single letter, one map, Table and one or two plates with short and minor tear without loss, folding plate Q with longer tear but no loss, a few spots to title, occasional very faint damp-staining to foot of second half, still a very good and crisp copy overall, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, covers rubbed and repaired, [Hill 1475; Sabin 72185; Wing N154], 8vo, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1694.*** Dedicated to Samuel Pepys and probably edited by Sir Tancred Robinson, this important record of recent voyages includes Narborough's voyage to the South Seas, Wood's search for the northeast passage to Japan and China, Marten's voyage to Greenland and the Arctic, and "one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia, during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and visited Tonga and Fiji" (Hill).