Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 4,750
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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(ALASKA.) Burney, James. A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery. 2 folding maps, one with short closed tears at folds. 8vo, modern 1/4 morocco; minor foxing; inscribed on title page "To Raper from the author." London, 1819
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Rear-Admiral Burney participated in the Captain Cook's last two voyages. His first-hand account of Cook's explorations in Alaska and Hawaii appears on pages 202-270. The remainder of the volume compiles numerous Russian, English, Dutch and Danish voyages to Alaska and the northern Russian coast. The volume is apparently inscribed to Charles Chamier Raper (1777-1842), a War Office clerk who was married to Burney's niece Frances. Beddie 1657; Forbes 491; Hill 223; Howes B1001 ("aa"); Sabin 9386; Streeter sale VI:3510.