Title: Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain Author: Meares, John Place: London Publisher: Logographic Press Date: 1791 Description: Volume 1 only (of 2). xii, lxxii, 363 pp. 10 maps and plates, many folding, including large folding map of the NE Coast of Asia and the NW Coast of North America. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, period tree calf, morocco title label. Second Edition. Meares' own account of his two fur-trading voyages to the Northwest Coast, which were to exert profound influence on sovereignty of the region., in the words of David Forbes, the book was "central to British claims to the Northwest Territory and led to the convention by which Spain's claim was finally disallowed." Lada-Mocarski declares this work "One of the early and fundamental books on the Northwest Coast of America in general and on Alaska in particular." Forbes 212; Hill Pacific Voyages pp.195-6; Howes M469; Sabin 47260. Lot Amendments Condition: Front board detached, spine faded, rear joint and hinge cracked; several folding plates with diagonal tears; foxing; else good. Item number: 188101
Title: Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain Author: Meares, John Place: London Publisher: Logographic Press Date: 1791 Description: Volume 1 only (of 2). xii, lxxii, 363 pp. 10 maps and plates, many folding, including large folding map of the NE Coast of Asia and the NW Coast of North America. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, period tree calf, morocco title label. Second Edition. Meares' own account of his two fur-trading voyages to the Northwest Coast, which were to exert profound influence on sovereignty of the region., in the words of David Forbes, the book was "central to British claims to the Northwest Territory and led to the convention by which Spain's claim was finally disallowed." Lada-Mocarski declares this work "One of the early and fundamental books on the Northwest Coast of America in general and on Alaska in particular." Forbes 212; Hill Pacific Voyages pp.195-6; Howes M469; Sabin 47260. Lot Amendments Condition: Front board detached, spine faded, rear joint and hinge cracked; several folding plates with diagonal tears; foxing; else good. Item number: 188101
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