Reisen nach dem nördlichem[!] Theile der Südsee während der Jahre 1790 bis 1795. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Joh. Friedr. Wilh. Herbst.

VANCOUVER, George.

Published by (colophon: printed by Johann Wilhelm Schmidt) for the Vossische Buchhandlung, heirs of Christian Friedrich Voss,, Berlin,, 1799

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2 volumes. First edition of the German translation by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst of George Vancouver's famous account of his exploration of the northwest coast of America and east coast of Asia. "This voyage became one of the most important made in the interests of geographical knowledge" (Hill). George Vancouver (1757-1798), who had participated in the second and third voyages of James Cook, was commissioned by the English monarch to continue the exploration of the northwest coast of America. He was made commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights resulting from the Nootka Convention, at Nootka Sound, to thoroughly examine the coast south of the 60th parallel in order to find a possible passage to the Atlantic. Vancouver put an end to the delusion that the subarctic seas in the direction of Greenland could be reached from Nootka Sound or any of the inlets in its vicinity and his description of the Port of San Francisco and the coasts of California in Spanish hands is most interesting. "This work ranks with the voyages of Cook and La Pérouse among the most important of the 18th and 19th centuries" (Cox). In very good condition, only slightly browned. Bindings rubbed along the extremities, only minor damage to the foot of the spine of the second volume, otherwise very good.l Cox II, p. 31; Ferguson 300; Howego, to 1800, V13; Lada-Mocarski 55; Sabin 98444; cf. Robert 2195; Hill 1753 (English ed.). With a large folding engraved map (52 x 42 cm) by Ferdinand Sprögel (Berlin, 1800) of the north-western coast of America ". zu der Reise des Capit. George Vancouver in den Jahre 1792, 1793 and 1794 verjüngt gezeichnet von D.F. Sotzmann 1800: with inset of the eastern coast of Asia from the Philippines to Kamchatka in the north ". der Entdeckungen, die im Jahre 1787 in den Chinesischen und Tartarischen Meeren . von den französichen Fregatten La Boussole und l'Astrolabe gemacht worden sind zur Reisebeschreibung des La Perouse, im Jahre 1800 verjüngt gezeichnet von D.F. Sotzmann"; and 2 folding aquatints: "Dorf des Tscheslakis in der Johnstonstrasse" and "Ein wüstes indisches Dorff an König Georg III Sund, in Neuholland". Pages: [2], 386; VIII, 406 pp. Seller Inventory # 739GQK0R9M18

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Title: Reisen nach dem nördlichem[!] Theile der ...

Publisher: (colophon: printed by Johann Wilhelm Schmidt) for the Vossische Buchhandlung, heirs of Christian Friedrich Voss,, Berlin,

Publication Date: 1799