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~ 1794 Geographical Magazine Captain Cook New Holland
~ I'm afraid I am way out of my league with this book so I can only quote what was told to me It is not what I would call a "magazine" being 27cm x 21.5cm x 8.5cm thick and weighing close to 3kg I'm not sure why I wanted it, perhaps to just touch something so old and historical and now I'm parting with it It's in delicate condition and the thick top cover and first couple of pages are loose Probably a museum piece really but most interesting I've taken a number more photos than those shown in the hope to handle it as little as possible It once belonged to a man called John Bradley There is beautiful hand written history of the Bradley family I am no book seller as it were, so please take my copied info as the best I can do It's unlikely I can answer questions re the book so hopefully it is here Quote
AUTHOR
Michael Adams
TITLE
The New Royal Geographical Magazine; or, a Modern, Complete,
Authentic, and Copious System of Universal Geography : Containing a
Complete, Full, Particular, and accurate History and Description of all
the several parts of the Whole World; as divided into Empires,
Kingdoms, | States, Provinces, | Republics, Governments, | Continents,
Islands, | Oceans, Seas, Rivers, | Gulphs, Lakes, &c. Together
with New Accounts of their Soil, Situation, Extent, and Boundaries, in
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : With a very particular Account of
their Subdivisions and Dependencies; Their Cities, chief Towns,
Universities, and Harbours; with their Commerce, Trade, Learning,
Policy, Arts, Manufactures, Genius, Manners, Customs, &c. As well
as their Revenues, Forces, Revolutions, Curiosities, Buildings,
Antiquities, Ruins, Mountains, Mines, Animals, Vegetables, and
Minerals; And whatever is found curious, useful, and entertaining, at
Home and Abroad. To which will be added A New and Easy Guide to
Geography and Astronomy, the Use of the Globes, Maps, &c. and the
Doctrine of the Sphere; With an account of the Rise and Progress of
Navigation, its Improvements and Utility to Mankind; together with
Chronological Tables of the Sovereigns of the Whole World, including
every interesting Discovery and Circumstance in the Narratives of
Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World, together with all the recent
Discoveries made in the Pelew Islands, New Holland, New South-Wales,
Botany-Bay, Port Jackson, Norfolk-Island, North and West Coasts of
America, the Interior Parts of America, Africa, China, Caffraria, India
East and West, Arabia, Madagascar, Russia, &c. carefully written
and compiled from the late Journals of the Voyages and Travels of
Captains Phillips, King, Ball, Hunter, White, Dixon, Portlock, Morse,
Blyth, Brissot, Hodges, &c.
PLACE OF PUBLICATION
London
PUBLISHER
Alex Hogg et al
PUBLICATION DATE
[1794?]
FORMAT
Hardback, 4to
PAGINATION
viii, [9]-960
FOLIATION
[A]2, B-11K2
DIMENSIONS OF LEAVES
height 26.1 cm x width 21.2 cm
DIMENSIONS OF BINDING
height 27.2 cm x width 21.5 cm
(1 inch = 2.5 cm)
DESCRIPTION : Horizontal chain lines, watermark not
apparant. Margins appear to have been trimmed for binding - WorldCat
lists some taller copies. Although not proven, the consensus from
library records is that the book was published in 1794 although some
plates are dated 1793. Published in 48 parts. Also issued as The New Royal System of Universal Geography....
Scarce (especially with all maps and plates) - no copies in recent
auction records, ESTC lists 2 copies in UK libraries, 3 in US
libraries, with 5 further copies listed under the variant title.
According to the subscribers list, 298 copies were issued. Running
title A New and Complete System of Universal Geography. Michael Adams is a pseudonym, but not known for whom.
Divided into the following sections :
Dedication
Preface
A new complete and authentic system of universal geography
New discoveries
New Holland (notes that the English Government plans an expedition
for the transportation of convicts and the setting up of a colony in
New Holland)
Van Dieman's Land
New Zealand
New Caledonia, and islands contiguous
The New Hebrides
The Friendly Islands
Of the Islands of Mangeea, Wateeoo, and Otakootaia
New discoveries by English navigators, and not yet settled by the Europeans
Otaheite, or St. George's Island
Captain Cook on his first voyage visits Otaheite
Celebration of St. George's Birth-Day on Otaheite
State of Otaheite on Captain Cook's second visit
Captain Cook on his third and last voyage
Sail, persons, dwellings, habits, disposition, and various customs of the inhabitants of Otaheite
Society Islands
The Marquesas
Description of the islands termed "the Low Islands in the South-West"
New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, and other small islands
The Sandwich Islands
Friendly behaviour of the people of Owhyhee
Further transactions after Captain Cook's death
The Palos or Pelew Islands
General remarks on the disposition, character and religion of the natives
Asia
General description of this quarterTurkey
Natolia, or the Lesser Asia in the West
Eastern Tartary
Description of the various islands discovered by the Russians
Kamtschatka
Siberia, including Kalmuck and Usbeck-Tartary
China
India, or Indostan
India beyond the Ganges, called the further peninsula
India within the Ganges
The Peninsula within the Ganges
Persia
Arabia
The Asiatic, or Indian and Oriental Islands
The Ladrone Islands
Islands off the Asiatic coasts, and various ports discovered by the Captains Cook, Clerke, Gore, King, and other navigators
Africa
General description of this quarter of the world
Egypt
The States of Barbary
Of the slave coast
The African Islands
America
General description of this quarter of the world
New Britain
Canada
Nova-Scotia, or New Scotland
The United States of America
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
North and South Carolina, with Georgia
Vermont
West-Indies
Jamaica
The Lucays, Bahama, and other islands
Spanish Dominions in North America
East and West Florida
New Mexico, including California
Old Mexico, or New Spain
Spanish Dominions in South America
Terra Firma, or Castilla Del Oro
Peru
Chili
Paraguay, or La Plata
The Spanish Islands in America
Cuba
Portuguese America
Brasil
French America
French Islands in America
Dutch America
Dutch Islands in America
Danish Islands in America
Europe
West Greenland
Iceland
Norway
Denmark
Lapland
Sweden
The Empire of Great Russia, or Muscovy
Islands of Scotland
Scotland
England
Wales
Ireland
The Isle of Man
The Isle of Wight
The islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alserney, and Sark
The Netherlands
The Austrian and French Netherlands
Germany
The Kingdom of Prussia
Bohemia
Hungary
Transylvania, Sclavonia, Croatia, and Hungarian Dalmatia
Poland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Italian Islands
Turkey in Europe
France
An useful guide to Geography and Astronomy
Navigation
Political geography
Of religion
A new genealogical and chronological account of the Sovereigns of the whole world
A new chronological list of remarkable events, discoveries, and inventions
General index
List of subscribers
Book collated complete with 48 maps & plates (presumably 1
issued with each part). Includes engraved title leaf, and letterpress
title leaf. Contains the following engraved plates :
Frontispiece
Shows Hercules assisting Atlas in supporting the Globe, Fame resounding new discoveries etc.
Defective plate, with many tears and lacking small pieces
View of the causeway, or landing place &c. near Pelew the capital of the Pelew Islands
Geographical illustrations
Engraving of each of the following : Celestial Globe, Terrestial
Globe, Armillary Sphere, Azimuth Compass, Solar System (shows 6 planets)
View of Rome in Italy
View of Lyons in France
Marseilles in France
Very small marginal dampstain
A war canoe of New Zealand
Burgos, the capital of Old Castile in Spain
A man, woman, and children of New South Wales
Elburg, in Guelderland, Holland
Dinant, in the Austrian Netherlands
A man of the Duke of York's Island, and another of Lord Howe's group of Islands
Small marginal dampstain
Surat, in the East Indies
Captains Hunter, Collins & Johnston, with Governor
Phillip, Surgeon White, &c visiting a distressed female native of
New South Wales at a hut near Port Jackson
Minor marginal tear and dampspot
A view of Quebec, North America
2 marginal tears
Osnaburg in Westphalia
Abba Thulle, King of Pelew, together with Ludee his wife & Prince Lee Boo, their son
Batavia in the East Indies
Lubeck in Holstein, Germany
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark
Dublin
The Island of Corfu, in the Mediterranean
Dantzick in Polish Prussia
Shows fortifications
Seville, in Spain
View of St. Maloe, in Brittany, France
Shows the harbour, with sailing ships
A general view of the city of Paris, taken from an Eminence in the village of Chaillot
Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Dominion
Marpurg in Cassel
Treves, in Germany
Swolla, in Overyssel, Holland
Presburg, in Hungary
Chalons in Champagne, and Brie, France
Magdeburg, the capital of its Duchy in Lower Saxony
Florence
Warburg in Westphalia
Contains the following engraved folding maps :
Map of the world
Folding map, with 2 circular maps centred on Polar regions, and
showing tracks of Lord Mulgrave and Captain Cook. Torrid zone
(tropical regions of the world), strip map centered on equator, showing
new discoveries
Slight damp-stain, 1 short tear at a fold
The British Channel, including the coasts of England and France
Shows depths on part of map. Also has a strip showing a section of the Channel
Part of fold torn, with minor loss
Map of South America from the latest discoveries
Shows some tribal areas
Upper edge creased
A map of Europe from the best authorities
2 small tears, wear to one edge of map, neither affecting printed area
Part of North America containing Canada, the north parts of
New England and New York with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Also with
an insert map supplement for the Lakes of Canada
Shows some Sioux and Iroquois areas
Small tear at either end of a fold
An accurate map of Asia
Lacking small piece from corner, printed area unaffected
A map of Africa from the best authorities
Very few countries similar to today; Lower & Upper Ethiopia,
and Lower & Upper Guinea take up most of central Africa; Cafreria
in South Africa; Sarra desert prominantly marked
Small piece of lower margin worn
Germany divided in its circles
Short tear at fold, right margin creased
Map of Great Britain and Ireland, with all the adjacent Isles
Fold partly torn, with minor loss
Lower margin creased
The East Indies, from the best authorities
Much of the area is marked as Mogul's Empire
Small tear at fold, not affecting printed area
The West Indies, from the best authorities
Right margin creased
Part of North America, comprehending the course of the Ohio,
New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
Carolina & Georgia
Left margin a little creased, small tear at fold not affecting printed area
Provenance :
Owned by various members of the Bradley
family, the first John Bradley born in 1706, the last entry dated
1830. Lists about 10 members of the family, written on both endpapers,
front pastedown, and reverse of frontispieceCONDITION GRADE : Binding Poor, internally Very Good - Faults with plates and maps listed above. Some also a little marked as shown in photographs, but most clean. 2 maps transposed during binding. Some pages marked. Front board detached, most of spine lacking; requires rebinding. Sewing extends several millimeters into leaves towards start of book. Edges of engraved title-leaf worn, small corner lacking.
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