Signed by Herman Melville on the title page with inscription "April 10th 1847 New York".

Full title: 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 Island ; and the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a continuation of their history to the present period.