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MÜLLER, Gerhard Friedrich (1705-1783). Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America ... translated by Thomas Jefferys. London: T. Jefferys, 1761. 4° (246 x 195mm). 2 large folding engraved maps by Jefferys coloured in outline, and 2 engraved maps tipped onto a1r and L2r. (Washed throughout, with light remains of former dampstaining, outline colour to maps faded, tiny marginal tear to B2, paperflaw with associated marginal tear without loss to D1, repair to I4 affecting a couple of letters.) Modern quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 'This important book is indispensable for the history of discovery and explorations in the northern Pacific ... it represents the most extensive account in English of Bering's polar expedition and of the discovery of the Bering Strait and the western limits of North America' (Hill). Hill 1199; Howes M-875; Lada-Mocarski 17; Sabin 51285.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 'This important book is indispensable for the history of discovery and explorations in the northern Pacific ... it represents the most extensive account in English of Bering's polar expedition and of the discovery of the Bering Strait and the western limits of North America' (Hill). Hill 1199; Howes M-875; Lada-Mocarski 17; Sabin 51285.
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