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ELLIS, Henry (1721-1806). A Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage. Dublin: George & Alexander Ewing, 1749.
ELLIS, Henry (1721-1806). A Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage. Dublin: George & Alexander Ewing, 1749.

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ELLIS, Henry (1721-1806). A Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage. Dublin: George & Alexander Ewing, 1749.

The first Irish edition of Ellis’s compilation of voyages to the Hudson Bay, including his own to explore Wager Bay in 1741-2. Sabin 22312.

Octavo (200 x 123mm). Engraved folding map. Contemporary calf (starting). Provenance: PBA Galleries.

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