TRUE TRAVELS, ADVENTURES AND OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH, IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICKE AND AMERICA: BEGINNING ABOUT THE YEERE 1593, AND CONTINUED TO THIS PRESENT 1629

Richmond: Franklin Press. Very Good. 1819. First American Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes rebound in clean brown buckram with gilt titles on spine. Title of volume II: "THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW-ENGLAND, AND THE SUMMER ILES, WITH THE NAMES OF THE ADVENTURERS, PLANTERS, AND GOVERNOURS FROM THEIR FIRST BEGINNING, AN. 1584. TO THIS PRESENT 1626. WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THOSE SEVERALL COLONIES AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT BEFELL THEM IN ALL THEIR IOURNYES AND DISCOVERIES. ALSO THE MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE COUNTRIES THEIR COMMODITIES, PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT, CUSTOMES, AND RELIGION YET KNOWNE. DIVIDED INTO SIXE BOOKES". First Edition issued and printed in America, from the London Edition of 1629. With the five engraved plates (+1) including three large folding engraved scenes and maps from the original first London printing. Included are the engraved frontispiece of Captain John Smith; the engraved coat of arms frontispiece to Vol. II; a large folding plate depicting many engraved scenes from Captain John Smith’s travels and discoveries; the folding 'Old Virginia' map showing the original settlement areas and pictorial engraved scenes of the author's adventures there, including an illustration of Pocahontas asking Powhatan to spare Smith's life; the large folding general map of Virginia in its original format showing areas of Virginia and Maryland and the coast down to Carolina. (Also a separate full-page illustration of Pocahontas asking Powhatan to spare Smith's life). Plates are well preserved, whole and complete with only a few stress tears mostly at the bound in edges. [xiv,247pp----xii,282pp]. Text Is tight, clean & intact with light age toning. World Travel, Exploration. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages .