South America Byron, John John Byron's, supreme commander of an English squadron, voyage round the world in the years 1764 and 1765, together with an exact description of the Straits of Magellan, the Patagonian Giants, and the newly-discovered Seven Islands in the South Sea. With an appendix ... containing a complete description of the Patagonian coasts ... With 1 engraved frontispiece. Frontispiece. Frankfurt and Leipzig, Johann Benedict Mezler, 1769. 5 pp. (prel., front., tit., prew.), (I-III) IV-XXX, 286 (2, errata) pp. 8°. HPgmt. d. HPgmt. with RTit., covers covered with paste paper, red edges on three sides. First German edition of the account of Byron's circumnavigation, with an additional description of Patagonia. - Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, vol. III, 9736 - Report on the voyage of the navigator John Byron, the grandfather of the poet Lord Byron, via the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, as well as the passage of the Strait of Magellan. After reaching the Pacific, Byron was shipwrecked near Chiloe and was a prisoner of the Spanish in Chile for three years until he escaped in 1744 and returned to his homeland. The account of Byron's expedition, first published anonymously in 1767, has been repeatedly attributed to Charles Clerke. - The present German edition in the translation by C. H. Korn also includes a comprehensive description of the Patagonian coast compiled "from various credible reports", the "customs and habits of the inhabitants, the natural history of the country, etc." The frontispiece engraved by Tilliard taken from the French edition of 1767. Binding slightly rubbed and slightly stained in a few places, title page and a few other pages slightly fingerstained, otherwise a well-preserved copy in an attractive contemporary binding. South America. - With 1 copper engraved frontispiece. - First German edition, with an additional exhaustive description of the coast of Patagonia. - An account of the voyage of the navigator John Byron, grandfather of the poet Lord Byron, along the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, culminating in the passage of the Straits of Magellan. After reaching the Pacific, Byron was shipwrecked near Chiloe and became a prisoner of the Spanish in Chile for three years until he escaped in 1744 and returned to his homeland. Present report on Byron's expedition, first published anonymously in 1767, has been repeatedly attributed to Charles Clerke. - The present first German edition translated by C. H. Korn and containing a comprehensive description of the Patagonian coast lacking in the English original, compiled 'from various credible reports', and including 'customs and habits of the inhabitants, the natural history of the country, etc.' The frontispiece engraved by Tilliard taken from the French edition of 1767. - Binding slightly worn and stained, title page and a few other pages slightly finger-stained, otherwise a well-preserved copy in an attractive contemporary binding. This lot is taxed. A buyer's premium of 24.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.