A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world, in which the coast of north-w...
A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world, in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed : undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans, and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver : in three volumes.
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London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, 1798.
Date
1798.
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MRB/Q910.4/6A2 , RB/DQ990A/77 , DSM/X910/7 , RB/DQ990A/79 , MRB/Q910.4/6A1 , F79/3 , MRB/Q910.4/6A4 , Q79/40 , Q79/43 , F79/2 , Q79/41 , MRB/Q910.4/6A3 , Q79/39 , Q79/44 , RB/DQ990A/78 , MRB/Q910.4/6B2 , Q79/42 , RB/EQ910.41/VAN , MRB/Q910.4/6B3 , RB/F990/21 , MRB/Q910.4/6B1
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English
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3 volumes ; 31 cm. (4to) + 1 atlas (16 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, charts ; 58 cm. (fol.))
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volume
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London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, 1798.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1798.
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A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world, in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed : undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans, and performe...
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Edited by J. Vancouver.
Vol. 1: [8], xxix, [9], 432 p., VII leaves of plates ; v. 2: [8], 504 p., V leaves of plates ; v. 3: [10], 505, [3] p., VI leaves of plates.
With half-titles.
Errata: v. 3, p. [506]-[508]
Copy at Q79/42-4: With Sir William Dixson’s bookplates (crest, motto, monogram). Dixson’s manuscript note tipped into v. 1. Ink stamp of the Portsmouth and Portsea Literary and Philosophical Society on title page of v. 2. Binding: half-calf and marbled boards. Red speckled edges. Binder’s ticket of W.G. Tilley, Napier, on front pastedowns. Copy imp...
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 281
ESTC, T146725
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MRB/Q910.4/6A2 , RB/DQ990A/77 , DSM/X910/7 , RB/DQ990A/79 , MRB/Q910.4/6A1 , F79/3 , MRB/Q910.4/6A4 , Q79/40 , Q79/43 , F79/2 , Q79/41 , MRB/Q910.4/6A3 , Q79/39 , Q79/44 , RB/DQ990A/78 , MRB/Q910.4/6B2 , Q79/42 , RB/EQ910.41/VAN , MRB/Q910.4/6B3 , RB/F990/21 , MRB/Q910.4/6B1
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74VKJ3abzla3
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991022172069702626
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