A Voyage Round The World But More Particularly To The North West Coast Of America Performed In 1785

by Captain George Dixon William Beresford Fl

$15,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Contemporary full calf rebacked, spine lettered and ruled gilt, neat repairs to corners A Deluxe hand-coloured first edition on large and thick paper of this important account of an early exploratory voyage to Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. An excellent authority for the early days of fur trading on the northwest coast. Streeter Dixon's voyage is important as a supplement to Captain Cook and for its contribution to the natural history of the Pacific

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