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Sale 2706 - Lot 266

Estimate: $ 18,000 - $ 22,000
(PACIFIC EXPLORATION -- NORTHERN.) George Vancouver. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World. Atlas of 16 engraved charts and coastal elevation plates (10 folding); text with 18 engraved plates. Together, 4 volumes. Text 4to, 12x9½ inches, contemporary mottled calf, attractively rebacked with title and library numbers in gilt on spine; half-titles and final errata leaf present though uniquely conserved, light foxing; atlas folio, 22 x 17 inches, contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards with printed spine label, signs of age but firm and sound; untrimmed deckle-edge sheets, charts excellent, plates with moderate foxing, dampstain, and edge flaws; early British public library bookplates to front pastedowns and small inked stamps on verso of the title pages and elsewhere. London, 1798
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First edition. Vancouver had served on Cook's final two voyages before leading this important expedition, which charted new territory in present-day Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia. He circumnavigated what is now Vancouver Island. Many other locations in the area owe their names to Vancouver's officers such as Peter Puget and Joseph Whidbey, and supporters such as Baron St. Helens and Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.

Among the 16 plates in the atlas volume are 9 surveys of the American Pacific coast from California to Alaska, 5 plates of views of the same coastline, and two of Hawaiian interest.

Howes V23 ("c"--"quite rare, obtainable only with much difficulty").

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