ALL THE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, FROM THE FIRST BY MAGELLAN, IN 1520, TO THAT OF FREYCINET, IN 1820.; Now First Collected by Capt. Samuel Prior by Prior, Samuel, Capt. (Compiler) - 1844

New York: William H. Colyer, 1844. Leather-bound. Fair Only. Incomplete:MISSING map at front, and 11 leaves, prior to pp xxiii of preface. Full leather. Spine worn. Binding not sturdy and sewing loose. Several pages torn. Around 14 Illustrations, 418pp. Still solidly bound, but note: A READING COPY ONLY. A solidly bound compendium of short narratives about various explorations, including: Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Van Noort, Dampier, Woodes Rogers, Clipperton, Shelvock, Spilbergen, Le Maire and Schouten, L'Heremite, Roggewein, George Anson, C Commodore Byron, Samuel Wallis, Captain Carteret, De Bougainville, De Pages, James Cook, Portlock and Dixon, La Perouse, Edward Edwards, Vancouver, Ettiene Marchand, Missionary Voyage, D'Entrecasteaux, John Turnbull, Captain Krusenstern, De Freycinet.

Though a significant portion (11 leaves) of the preface is missing, the existing preface is as fascinating as it is comprehensive,
because it offers a table of important words (and numbers) of numerous different indigenous peoples, including: Otaheite, New Zealand, New Holland, New Guinea, King George's Sound (N.W. Coast of America); and Patagonia.