Drage, Theodore Swaine 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 BY THE CLERK OF THE CALIFORNIA. LONDON: JOLLIFFE, CORBETT AND CLARKE, 1748 FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 125mm.), (vol.1) [ii], viii, 238pp.; (vol.2) [ii], 326pp., [xviii pp. index], 6 folding maps, 4 plates, contemporary calf, full gilt spines, black labels, red speckled edges, some tears to maps, one with narrow slit at fold (p.287, vol.2) and laid down A rare work which describes the voyage undertaken to sustain Arthur Dobbs' claim that a north-west passage existed leading from Hudson Bay. The account also includes descriptions of the manners and customs of the native Americans, natural history and weather. The six maps comprise: The Northern Ocean; Hudson's Straits and Bay; Hudson's Streights and Bay, of Davis Streights, and Baffin's Bay; The West and North-West parts of Hudson's Bay; Hudson's Bay according to the discoveries in the years 1746 & 1747; Chart for the better understanding of De Font's letter.
Drage, Theodore Swaine 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 BY THE CLERK OF THE CALIFORNIA. LONDON: JOLLIFFE, CORBETT AND CLARKE, 1748 FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 125mm.), (vol.1) [ii], viii, 238pp.; (vol.2) [ii], 326pp., [xviii pp. index], 6 folding maps, 4 plates, contemporary calf, full gilt spines, black labels, red speckled edges, some tears to maps, one with narrow slit at fold (p.287, vol.2) and laid down A rare work which describes the voyage undertaken to sustain Arthur Dobbs' claim that a north-west passage existed leading from Hudson Bay. The account also includes descriptions of the manners and customs of the native Americans, natural history and weather. The six maps comprise: The Northern Ocean; Hudson's Straits and Bay; Hudson's Streights and Bay, of Davis Streights, and Baffin's Bay; The West and North-West parts of Hudson's Bay; Hudson's Bay according to the discoveries in the years 1746 & 1747; Chart for the better understanding of De Font's letter.
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