VANCOUVER, GEORGE 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... London: John Stockdale, 1801. The first octavo edition, the second English edition. 6 volumes. Contemporary tree calf, the spines stamped with a ship motif and with red and black lettering labels. 8 x 4 3/4 inches (20.5 x 12 cm); 2 folding maps and 17 folding plates, 28, [33]-410; [2], 418; [2], 435; [2], 417; [2], 454; [2], 412, bound without ads. The map in volume one detached and with one split at a central fold point, the second map lightly spotted, occasional spotting or stray stains, the spine of volume one rebacked preserving spine strip, the balance with repaired and worn joints with some small losses to spine tips, two covers detached, each volume with the contemporary bookplate of "Henley" and the bookplate of Richard Bayard Dominick. The first octavo edition of Vancouver's narrative: "one of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Cowan considered the account to be superior to any of its kind and the chief authority on the areas explored during this period. Vancouver was an extraordinarily capable explorer, having sailed with Cook on the second and third voyages and served under Rodney and Alan Gardner. It was Gardner who recommended him for a voyage in search for a northwest passage to the Great Lakes ... Vancouver died on May 10, 1798, his brother John completing the task of preparing and editing the narrative. Among the important features of the narrative are the engraved views ... of the Mission of San Carlos and the Presidio of Monterey, probably the first published views of California. It is possible that the artist sailing with La Perouse, who visited Monterey in 1786, drew a sketch of the Mission, but no views of California scenery appear in the La Perouse atlas" (Streeter). Cowan, p. 654-5; Forbes 335; Hill, Pacific Voyages, p. 304; Howes V23; Sabin 98441; Streeter Sale 3497. C Property of a Gentleman
VANCOUVER, GEORGE 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... London: John Stockdale, 1801. The first octavo edition, the second English edition. 6 volumes. Contemporary tree calf, the spines stamped with a ship motif and with red and black lettering labels. 8 x 4 3/4 inches (20.5 x 12 cm); 2 folding maps and 17 folding plates, 28, [33]-410; [2], 418; [2], 435; [2], 417; [2], 454; [2], 412, bound without ads. The map in volume one detached and with one split at a central fold point, the second map lightly spotted, occasional spotting or stray stains, the spine of volume one rebacked preserving spine strip, the balance with repaired and worn joints with some small losses to spine tips, two covers detached, each volume with the contemporary bookplate of "Henley" and the bookplate of Richard Bayard Dominick. The first octavo edition of Vancouver's narrative: "one of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Cowan considered the account to be superior to any of its kind and the chief authority on the areas explored during this period. Vancouver was an extraordinarily capable explorer, having sailed with Cook on the second and third voyages and served under Rodney and Alan Gardner. It was Gardner who recommended him for a voyage in search for a northwest passage to the Great Lakes ... Vancouver died on May 10, 1798, his brother John completing the task of preparing and editing the narrative. Among the important features of the narrative are the engraved views ... of the Mission of San Carlos and the Presidio of Monterey, probably the first published views of California. It is possible that the artist sailing with La Perouse, who visited Monterey in 1786, drew a sketch of the Mission, but no views of California scenery appear in the La Perouse atlas" (Streeter). Cowan, p. 654-5; Forbes 335; Hill, Pacific Voyages, p. 304; Howes V23; Sabin 98441; Streeter Sale 3497. C Property of a Gentleman
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