Title: A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America. Being the Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana to Explore the Strait of Fuca Author: [Espinosa y Tello, José] Place: London Publisher: Argonaut Press Date: 1930 Description: xiv, 142 pp. Translated from the Spanish with an Introduction by Cecil Jane. Folding frontispiece; folding map; plates. (4to) 26x18.5 cm (10¼x7½"), original vellum-backed orange cloth, gilt cover design, spine gilt lettered. No. 206 of 525 copies on Japon Vellum. An account of the final Spanish exploration of the west coast of North America, a vain search for a Northwest Passage from the west. Hill, p.99; Howes G18; Smith 2888 and 5181. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to cover, spine a bit soiled; pages darkened; very good. Item number: 252617
Title: A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America. Being the Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana to Explore the Strait of Fuca Author: [Espinosa y Tello, José] Place: London Publisher: Argonaut Press Date: 1930 Description: xiv, 142 pp. Translated from the Spanish with an Introduction by Cecil Jane. Folding frontispiece; folding map; plates. (4to) 26x18.5 cm (10¼x7½"), original vellum-backed orange cloth, gilt cover design, spine gilt lettered. No. 206 of 525 copies on Japon Vellum. An account of the final Spanish exploration of the west coast of North America, a vain search for a Northwest Passage from the west. Hill, p.99; Howes G18; Smith 2888 and 5181. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to cover, spine a bit soiled; pages darkened; very good. Item number: 252617
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