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TURNBULL (JOHN) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; in Which the Author Visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English Settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Islands; and the Principal Islands in the Pacific Ocean, C. Chapple, 1813
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TURNBULL (JOHN)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; in Which the Author Visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English Settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Islands; and the Principal Islands in the Pacific Ocean, second edition, half-title, occasional light spotting, small hole repaired on title where stamp removed, untrimmed in contemporary boards, rebacked [Ferguson 570; Hill 1728; Mendelssohn II, p.530], 4to, C. Chapple, 1813
Footnotes
In the preface the author details the large additions made in this second edition, particularly in the sections devoted to Madeira, Brazil and New South Wales, about which he explains "the causes which have retarded the progress of this infant colony... in the proper application of its native energies".