An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacifick Ocean

Sydney: Hordern House, 1996. First edition thus (stated). Multicolored octavo (dark blue leather spine); xxxi, 103 p, [7] folded leaves of plates: b&w illus/map; 22 cm. Very faint marks to spine, else quite fine. Hardcover. ISBN: 1875567135

This edition is limited to 950 copies. "Alexander Dalrymple FRS (1737 – 1808) was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita. He produced thousands of nautical charts, mapping a remarkable number of seas and oceans for the first time, and contributing significantly to the safety of shipping. His theories prompted a number of expeditions in search of this mythical land, until James Cook's second journey (1772–1775) led to the conclusion that, if it did exist, it was further south than the 65° line of latitude South."—Wikipedia // Navigation. The Age of Exploration. Polynesia -- Description and travel.