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JOHN TURNBULL (fl. 1800-1813)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; in Which the Author Visited the Principal Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the English Settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. London: Printed for Richard Phillips for T. Gillet, 1805. 3 volumes, 12° (155 x 98 mm). The 'contents' are bound separately in each volume instead of together in vol. I, pp. XI-XII of contents is misbound in vol. III. (Lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol. III, erased stamps on verso of titles, small stain with light abrasion in imprint of title of vol. I.) Contemporary cloth backed in vellum, gilt spines, dark top edge (some soiling to spines, extremities lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Turnbull and his partner, John Buyers, aware of the lucrative fur trade along the northwest coast of America, purchased and outfitted the Margaret and set out for America in 1800. They arrived in Sydney in 1801 and stayed at the Society Islands. On 17 December 1802, the ship arrived at the Hawaiian Islands, where it remained until 21 January 1803. Their speculation in the fur trade proved unsuccessful, and the voyage turned out to be a financial failure, yet Turnbull provided much interesting information about the islands of the Pacific, including Tonga and New Zealand. Ferguson 421; Forbes 367; Hill 1725; Wantrup 116.
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; in Which the Author Visited the Principal Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the English Settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. London: Printed for Richard Phillips for T. Gillet, 1805. 3 volumes, 12° (155 x 98 mm). The 'contents' are bound separately in each volume instead of together in vol. I, pp. XI-XII of contents is misbound in vol. III. (Lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol. III, erased stamps on verso of titles, small stain with light abrasion in imprint of title of vol. I.) Contemporary cloth backed in vellum, gilt spines, dark top edge (some soiling to spines, extremities lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Turnbull and his partner, John Buyers, aware of the lucrative fur trade along the northwest coast of America, purchased and outfitted the Margaret and set out for America in 1800. They arrived in Sydney in 1801 and stayed at the Society Islands. On 17 December 1802, the ship arrived at the Hawaiian Islands, where it remained until 21 January 1803. Their speculation in the fur trade proved unsuccessful, and the voyage turned out to be a financial failure, yet Turnbull provided much interesting information about the islands of the Pacific, including Tonga and New Zealand. Ferguson 421; Forbes 367; Hill 1725; Wantrup 116.