Turnbull, John:

$2,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, AND 1804; IN WHICH THE AUTHOR VISITED THE PRINCIPAL ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS OF PORT JACKSON AND ... The first edition of the important narrative of John Turnbull's circumnavigation. "Turnbull, an Englishman, aware of the lucrative fur trade on the northwest coast of America, set out for America in 1800 on the Margaret. Turnbull was the business manager of the expedition. Though the voyage was a financial failure, it did obtain interesting information about the Society, Tonga, and Hawaiian Islands and the discovery of the islands Margaret, Phillips, and Holt in the Tuamotu Archipelago" - Hill. While in Hawaii they learned of Kamehameha's planned invasion of the island of Kauai, traded at Hawaii, and were briefly off Lahaina, Maui. "This account contains interesting comments on Kamehameha's 'Brick Palace' built by Botany Bay men at that village" - Forbes.

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