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Title: Entdeckungsreise in das Stille Meer, und vorzuglich nach der Nordostküste von Asien, gethan in den Jahren 1795, 1796, 1797 und 1798 Author: Broughton, William Robert Place: Weimar Publisher: Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs Date: 1805 Description: xx, 352 pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece; folding copper-engraved map. (8vo) 19.7x12 cm. (7¾x4½"), period marble boards. First German Edition. German edition of W.R. Broughton's A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, published in London the preceding year. A significant record of exploration of the northwest coast of America, as well as Japan and various Pacific Islands. Hill states "...In 1793 Broughton was made commander of the Providence, Captain Bligh's old ship, and was sent out to the northwest coast of America to join Captain George Vancouver. He sailed to Rio de Janeiro, thence to Australia, Tahiti, and the Hawaiian Islands, and on to Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. Finding that Captain Vancouver had left, Broughton sailed down the coast to Monterey, across the Pacific to the Hawaiian Islands, and on to Japan. For four years he carried out a close survey of the Coast of Asia and the islands of Japan. The ship was lost off Formosa, but the crew were all saved, and work continued in the tender. He arrived back in England in 1799... This voyage was one of the most important ever made to the northwest coast of America. It is on this document that Great Britain based her claim to the Oregon Territory, in 1846." (Hill 191, citing the London first edition). Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to boards, rebacked with much of original spine strip employed; mild darkening to contents, bookplate; very good. Item number: 258189