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BROUGHTON, WILLIAM ROBERT. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: in which the coast of Asia...the island of Insu...Japan, the Lieuchieux...Corea have been examined and surveyed. Performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence, and her tender, the years 1795[-]...1798. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1804. 4to, nineteenth-century red straight grained morocco gilt, g.e., rebacked, gilt edges renewed, first folding map and two folding plates fully linen-backed to reinforce fold tears, third folding map with insufficient fold repairs, first leaves washed, thin and with occasional marginal repairs. FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved maps and 6 engraved plates by Neele.
"In 1793 Broughton was made commander of the Providence, Captain Bligh's old ship, and was sent out to the northwest coast of America to join Captain George Vancouver....This voyage was one of the most important ever made to the northwest....It is on this document [the exploration of the mouth of the Columbia] that Great Britain based her claim to the Oregon Territory, in 1846"--Hill, pp. 35-36; Sabin 8423; Howes B 821; Streeter sale VI, 3500.
"In 1793 Broughton was made commander of the Providence, Captain Bligh's old ship, and was sent out to the northwest coast of America to join Captain George Vancouver....This voyage was one of the most important ever made to the northwest....It is on this document [the exploration of the mouth of the Columbia] that Great Britain based her claim to the Oregon Territory, in 1846"--Hill, pp. 35-36; Sabin 8423; Howes B 821; Streeter sale VI, 3500.