Turnbull, John:

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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 American edition of this important English voyage, after the first London edition of 1805. "Turnbull set out in 1800 with an expedition on the Margaret, 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. Phillips Island was named for the publisher Sir Richard Phillips. They also visited Brazil and South Africa....The American edition is very scarce" - Hill.Turnbull includes descriptions of Australia and various Pacific islands, with much material about the natives, including King Kamehameha's residence at Lahaina and his activities at the time. Page number 277 is misnumbered 281 in all copies of this edition, and the new pagination is continued to the end. An important Pacific voyage, and one of the first to be published in the United States.

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