A New Voyage Round the World

London: Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Edited by N.M. Penzler and with an introduction by Sir Albert Gray. 7 illustrations, including 4 maps, 3 of which are folding. xxxvii, 376 pages. Tall 8vo, bound in publisher's red cloth with vellum spine (light scuffing and small stain at foot of spine; internally crisp and clean with most pages un-opened and un-read. London: Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited edition -- number 825 of 975 copies on Japon vellum. Near fine.<br/> <br/> First published in 1697. "Dampier was, without doubt, one of the most amazing pioneers of his day, combining the bloodiest traits of the pirate and buccaneer with a genius for observation of detail.In the present volume we find Dampier, in 1681, landing near Cape St. Lawrence, in the Isthmus of Darien. Making his way to Virginia he commenced a privateering voyage against he Spaniards in the South Seas. In 1683 he rounded Cape Horn and entered the Pacific. Cruising along Chile and Peru he reached Mexico and later raided the West American shores. After many vicissitudes he decided to sail right across the Pacific and return by the East Indies. This forms the most thrilling part of his narrative.In 1688 Dampier was marooned (by his own request) off the Nicobars. After an attempt to navigate a canoe to Achin, in Sumatra. which proved fatal to many of the crew and nearly killed Dampier himself, he finally returned to England in 1691." (from the publisher's press catalog, laid in loose)<br/> <br/>