Beschreibung:

Evelyn (John) Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress. Containing a succinct account of traffick in general ... of discoveries, wars and conflicts at sea ... with special regard to the English nation, first edition, woodcut initial and head-piece, with final errata and advertisements ff. but lacking initial blank, title browned and laid down with extremities chipped (affecting 2 letters of first word), A3 outer margin strengthened, A3&4 corners restored, F2 mounted on stub, 2 or 3ff. closely trimmed at head, affecting headlines, final f. margins strengthened and repaired, library label to endpapers, library stamps to pastedowns, modern half morocco, [Keynes 92; Sabin 23028; Wing E3504], 8vo, by T. R. for Benj. Tooke, at the sign of the Ship in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1674. ⁂ Evelyn's succinct account of maritime history succeeded in greatly offending the Dutch who demanded its suppression. The work includes an account of the discovery of American by Columbus, as well as voyages by Vespucci, Cabot, Drake, Hawkins, Raleigh and others, including mention of American plantations and fishery, Greenland, Virginia, Newfoundland and elsewhere. Provenance: Bradford City Library (ink stamps).