(TRAVEL) Portlock Nathaniel A Voyage Round the World but mor

Sale 2505 - Lot 207

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(TRAVEL.) Portlock, Nathaniel. A Voyage Round the World, but more Particularly to the North-West Coast of America. 5 (of 6) folding maps, 13 (of 14) plates. xii, 384, xl pages. 4to, modern calf; text leaves uncut, plates apparently supplied from a smaller copy with some restoration, lacking the general chart and the plate of the white tern (both provided in facsimile). London, 1789

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"The first commercial voyage to the Northwest Coast and the first English voyage to visit Hawaii after that of Captain James Cook"--Forbes 177. Extensive notes on his dealings with the Indians he met, including vocabularies. A companion narrative to the distinct but identically titled lot 204 above, credited to Portlock's co-captain George Dixon. Field 1231; Hill 1376; Howes P497 ("aa"); Lada-Mocarski 42; Sabin 64389; Streeter sale VI:3489.