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MORTIMER, GEORGE. Observations and Remarks made during a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands near Van Diemen's Land [Australia]; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands, Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from thence to Canton, in the Brig Mercury, Commanded by John Henry Cox. Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, et al, 1791. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, front cover loosening, ends of spine and corners worn. First Dublin Edition (preceded by the London, 1791, quarto edition with two maps and one plate), half-title, "Notes" leaf at end.
Mortimer was a lieutenant of marines on the Mercury. "Early British investigation into the possibilities of fur-trading on the northwest coast" -- Howes M845 (a "b" rating); "Apparently Mortimer arrived at Tahiti only two weeks after Fletcher Christian's departure with the Bounty. He recounts (on p. 33) what the natives had to say about the visits of Bligh and Christian" -- Streeter sale IV, 2416 (the London edition); Ferguson 110 (the London edition); Hill, p. 206 (the London edition); Sabin 50985.
Provenance: Joseph Y. Jeanes, Philadelphia, bookplate.
Mortimer was a lieutenant of marines on the Mercury. "Early British investigation into the possibilities of fur-trading on the northwest coast" -- Howes M845 (a "b" rating); "Apparently Mortimer arrived at Tahiti only two weeks after Fletcher Christian's departure with the Bounty. He recounts (on p. 33) what the natives had to say about the visits of Bligh and Christian" -- Streeter sale IV, 2416 (the London edition); Ferguson 110 (the London edition); Hill, p. 206 (the London edition); Sabin 50985.
Provenance: Joseph Y. Jeanes, Philadelphia, bookplate.