Turnbull, John:

$4,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, AND 1804: IN WHICH THE AUTHOR VISITED MADEIRA, THE BRAZILS, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS OF BOTANY BAY AND NORFOLK ISLAND; ... Second and best edition, after the first edition published in three volumes in 1805, here with considerable additions and alterations. The party sailed from Portsmouth in 1800 "intent on taking advantage of the lucrative fur trade on the northwest coast of America. Turnbull was the business manager of the expedition. Though the voyage was a financial failure, it did obtain interesting information about various South Sea islands, such as Norfolk Island, Tahiti, Hawaii, and the Tonga Islands, and made the discovery of the Margaret, Phillips, and Holt islands in the Tuamotu Archipelago" (Hill). Approximately half the volume is concerned with Tahiti. It also includes descriptions of Australia and various Pacific islands, with much on the natives, as well as an appendix (not found in the first edition) with details concerning New South Wales and a short account of New Zealand.

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