DRAGE, Theodore Swain (1712-ca 1774) or Theodore SWINDRAGE, attributed to]. An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, by Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the Year 1746 and 1747, in the Ship California, Capt. Francis Smith Commander . London: Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Clarke, 1748.
DRAGE, Theodore Swain (1712-ca 1774) or Theodore SWINDRAGE, attributed to]. An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, by Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the Year 1746 and 1747, in the Ship California, Capt. Francis Smith Commander . London: Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Clarke, 1748. 2 volumes, 8 o (205 x 126 mm). 4 engraved folding maps, 6 engraved plates (the first and fourth maps with long tears backed on verso). Contemporary English speckled calf, red morocco lettering pieces (joints repaired). Provenance : Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his sale part VI, Parke Bernet, 23 April 1969, lot 3640; purchased from Francis Edwards, 1953). FIRST EDITION. Anonymously published, this work is now known to have been authored by Capt. William Moor's second-in-command, Theodore Swain Drage (thought to have lived for a time under the name Charles Swaine). In the literature relating to attempts to discover a Northwest Passage, this work stands out, particularly in the realm of the Dobbs-Middleton controversy. It describes the voyage undertaken to sustain Arthur Dobbs's claim that a northwest passage existed leading from Hudson Bay. Arthur Dobbs was not satisfied with the results of the Admiralty expedition led by Christopher Middleton (1741-42) and sent William Moor and Francis Smith in the Dobbs and the California to re-examine Wager Bay. The expedition overwintered at the Hudson Bay Company's York factory. JCB (3) I:872; Sabin 20808; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 206; Streeter sale VI:3640 (this copy). (2)
DRAGE, Theodore Swain (1712-ca 1774) or Theodore SWINDRAGE, attributed to]. An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, by Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the Year 1746 and 1747, in the Ship California, Capt. Francis Smith Commander . London: Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Clarke, 1748.
DRAGE, Theodore Swain (1712-ca 1774) or Theodore SWINDRAGE, attributed to]. An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, by Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the Year 1746 and 1747, in the Ship California, Capt. Francis Smith Commander . London: Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Clarke, 1748. 2 volumes, 8 o (205 x 126 mm). 4 engraved folding maps, 6 engraved plates (the first and fourth maps with long tears backed on verso). Contemporary English speckled calf, red morocco lettering pieces (joints repaired). Provenance : Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his sale part VI, Parke Bernet, 23 April 1969, lot 3640; purchased from Francis Edwards, 1953). FIRST EDITION. Anonymously published, this work is now known to have been authored by Capt. William Moor's second-in-command, Theodore Swain Drage (thought to have lived for a time under the name Charles Swaine). In the literature relating to attempts to discover a Northwest Passage, this work stands out, particularly in the realm of the Dobbs-Middleton controversy. It describes the voyage undertaken to sustain Arthur Dobbs's claim that a northwest passage existed leading from Hudson Bay. Arthur Dobbs was not satisfied with the results of the Admiralty expedition led by Christopher Middleton (1741-42) and sent William Moor and Francis Smith in the Dobbs and the California to re-examine Wager Bay. The expedition overwintered at the Hudson Bay Company's York factory. JCB (3) I:872; Sabin 20808; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 206; Streeter sale VI:3640 (this copy). (2)
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