Americas.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, 1735.

Americas.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, folding engraved map, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional light marginal soiling, but generally clean internally, contemporary calf, gilt, joints neatly repaired, an excellent copy, [Hill 324; Sabin 14095], 8vo, C.Rivington, 1735.

⁂ Having been captured by pirates off the coast of Honduras Cockburn and five others escaped and made their way across the isthmus to the Pacific coast, enduring such hardship along the way that this account was for many years regarded as mostly fiction.