A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte.... London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. 4to, (273 x 216 mm). Half-title, large engraved folding map, 7 engraved folding charts, 14 plates. 19th-century half sheep and marbled boards. Rebacked preserving the original spine, large engraved folding map linen backed, some offsetting to map. First edition, published the same year in two issues: one on large paper with hand-colored plates, and a regular issue. This volume is a collection of 49 letters from William Beresford to his friend Hamlen, edited by Dixon, who also added an introduction and two appendices and the important maps: "Dixon's voyage is important as a supplement to the Voyages of Captain Cook and for its contributions to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the expedition was to establish a trade in furs in North America, but the itinerary also included the Isle of Guernsay, Cape Verde Islands, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, Sandwich Islands (three times), Cook's River, King George's Sound, Prince William Sound, Macao, Canton, and St. Helena. The work previously done by Cook along the northwest coast of America was mapped more definitely by Dixon, who discovered the Queen Charlotte Islands, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, and Dixon Entrance and Archipelago while continuing down the coast and trading with the Indians. The accounts of this expedition relate largely to the geography, ethnography, and natural history of the American coast from Nootka Sound northward" (Hill 117). Cox II, 27-28; Forbes 161A; Hill 117; Lada-Mocarski 43; Sabin 20364; Wickersham 6574.
A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte.... London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. 4to, (273 x 216 mm). Half-title, large engraved folding map, 7 engraved folding charts, 14 plates. 19th-century half sheep and marbled boards. Rebacked preserving the original spine, large engraved folding map linen backed, some offsetting to map. First edition, published the same year in two issues: one on large paper with hand-colored plates, and a regular issue. This volume is a collection of 49 letters from William Beresford to his friend Hamlen, edited by Dixon, who also added an introduction and two appendices and the important maps: "Dixon's voyage is important as a supplement to the Voyages of Captain Cook and for its contributions to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the expedition was to establish a trade in furs in North America, but the itinerary also included the Isle of Guernsay, Cape Verde Islands, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, Sandwich Islands (three times), Cook's River, King George's Sound, Prince William Sound, Macao, Canton, and St. Helena. The work previously done by Cook along the northwest coast of America was mapped more definitely by Dixon, who discovered the Queen Charlotte Islands, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, and Dixon Entrance and Archipelago while continuing down the coast and trading with the Indians. The accounts of this expedition relate largely to the geography, ethnography, and natural history of the American coast from Nootka Sound northward" (Hill 117). Cox II, 27-28; Forbes 161A; Hill 117; Lada-Mocarski 43; Sabin 20364; Wickersham 6574.
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