VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798). [A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed ... and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798.]

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VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798). [A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed ... and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798.]

Atlas volume only, 2o (555 x 430 mm). 16 engraved maps and charts, 10 folding (browning and staining, some tears, library stamp to versos of first and last maps). Modern buckram.

FIRST EDITION of one of the most difficult geographical surveys ever undertaken. Hill pp.303-4; Howes V23; Lada-Mocarski 55; Lande 1495; NMM 142; Sabin 98443; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 688; Wagner, vol I, pp.239-50.

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