A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World; in Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, Under the Command of Captain George Vancouver, In Three Volumes

VANCOUVER, Captain George

Verlag: G. G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, London, 1798

Beschreibung

3 volume set; 3/4 quarto leather with marbled boards, in the original binding. Lacking Folio Atlas; Volume 1: 432pp, tight binding, some foxing throughout; 7 plates, Plate VII listed for page 467, found on page 388. Volume 2: 504pp; tight binding, some foxing throughout; 4 plates, lacks chart/map on page 94. Volume 3: 505pp. tight text block, front board nearly detached, some foxing throughout; Lacks half title page of Volume 3, Inner margin of volume 3 title page expertly restored; 6 plates. Good overall condition on this very important set. "Most of the three years occupied was spent on the California and Northwest coasts which were now first accurately charted. Of all modern exploring voyages to the Pacific, those of Cook, La Perouse and Vancouver were the most important" (Howes V23). Zamorano 80: Number 77. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 126949

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific ...

Verlag: G. G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1798

Einband: HARDCOVER

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st edition.