A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA: PERFORMED IN 1785, 1786, 1787, AND 1788, IN THE KING GEORGE AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE, CAPTAINS PORTLOCK AND DIXON.
London. Geo. Goulding, Haydn't Head, No. 6, James Street, Covent Garden, 1789. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. Full speckled leather bordered by gilt roll. Past conservation evident -- rebacked with original spine laid down.Lacks half-title. Only the frontis map (A Chart of the North West Coast of America") is in facsimile; all others original. 21 folding charts and full page illustrations, including the famous 'Young Woman of Queen Charlotte's Isles'. Errata page and (its verso) Instructions For The Binder, present.
Two ships were outfitted and sent out to gather furs from the Northwest and establish a market. Dixon had served under Captain Cook on his third voyage and Dixon's maps improved upon Cook's. Dixon's ship was the Queen Charlotte and the other ship, The King George sailed independently under Captain Nathaniel Porlock. Dixon discovered Queen Charlotte Island, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, and Dixon Entrance and Archipelago while continuing down the coast and trading with the Indians. The accounts of this expedition relate largely to the geography, ethnology and natural history of the American coast..."
"A series of letters signed 'W.B.' {i.e. William Beresford] supercargo* on board the Queen Charlotte to his friend Hamlen; edited, with introduction and 2 appendices, by George Dixon. Appendix Number 1: National History (pp. 353-360); Appendix No. II: Tables of the route of the King George and Queen Charlotte: 47 pp. at end... "Dixon's voyage is important as a supplement to Captain Cook and for its contributions to the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. Captain Dixon's itinerary also included: the Isle of Guernsey, Cape Verde Islands, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, Sandwich Islands (3 times), Cook's River, King George's Sound, Prince William Sound, Macao, Canton, and St. Helena. (Hill 23, 352 (Vol. II); Forbes 161; Howgego D58.
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*a representative of the ship's owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale." Very Good. Item #81104
Price: $2,500.00