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Title: A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovring a North West Passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country. Together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable... Author: Ellis, Henry Place: London Publisher: Printed for H. Whitridge Date: 1748 Description: xviii, 336 pp. With 9 engraved plates, 5 of them folding; engraved folding map. (8vo) 19.5x11 cm (7¾x4¼"), period calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece. First Edition. Ellis was the surveyor on this important expedition (financed by private subscription) which "proved, finally, the nonexistence of a Northwest Passage from Hudson Bay" (Hill). The folding maps is: ':A New Chart of the parts where a North West Passage was sought in the years 1746 and 1747. Exhibiting the tracks of the ships throughout that expedition by Henry Ellis." Ink ownership signature of Sir Baldwin Leighton, 1819, on front pastedown. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country. Together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable. by Henry Ellis, Gent. Agent for the Proprietors in the said expedition. To which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies. Illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's Bay, with the countries adjacent. London: Printed for H. Whitridge, at the Royal Exchange. 1748. Provenance: Francis Edwards, 4/68 References: Sabin 22312; G. Williams British Search for a North West Passage in the Eighteenth Century; Hill 540. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends chipped, joints cracking; some modest foxing and soiling within, very good. Item number: 267471