COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Cover: Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean.
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
26
Reference:
For full text ebook see (vol 1) http://archive.org/… (vol 2) http://archive.org/… (vol 3) http://archive.org/…
Full Title:
(Covers to) A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean And Round The World In Which The Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined And Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally With A View To Ascertain The Existence Of Any Navigable Communication Between The North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; And Performed In The Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 In The Discovery Sloop Of War, And Armed Tender Chatham, Under The Command Of Captain George Vancouver. In Three Volumes. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798.
List No:
3354A
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1798
Pub Title:
A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean And Round The World In Which The Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined And Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally With A View To Ascertain The Existence Of Any Navigable Communication Between The North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; And Performed In The Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 In The Discovery Sloop Of War, And Armed Tender Chatham, Under The Command Of Captain George Vancouver. In Three Volumes. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798.
Pub Reference:
P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.
Pub Note:
Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine.
Pub List No:
3354.000
Pub Maps:
16
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
3354A
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Type:
Covers
World Area:
Pacific
World Area:
World
Region:
North Pacific Ocean
Publication Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Date:
1798
Cover: Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean.
