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STRANGE, James (1753-1840). Records of Fort St. George. James Strange's Journal and Narrative of the Commercial Expedition from Bombay to the North-West Coast of America Together with a Chart Showing the Tract of the Expedition. Madras: Government Press, 1929.
The first edition of “the first fur-trading voyage to these regions of which an adequate record survives” (Howes). James Strange, from a prominent British family living in Madras, India, led this expedition to Nootka Sound in August 1785. He returned to Madras in May, 1787. The voyage was not a commercial success, however, as not many sea otter skins were collected. The journal of his voyage was left in Madras, and it was this journal that was found and transcribed by A.V.V. Aylyar, Curator, Madras Record Office, in 1928 and printed there in two issues (same plates) in 1928 and 1929. Printed in small numbers in India, the work is uncommon on the market. Arctic Bib. 17097; Howes S-1064.
Quarto (334 x 215mm). Folding map. Original olive printed boards (dampstaining to upper board, spine and edges of boards lightly chipped). Provenance: Madras Record Office (stamps on cover and title) – John M. McClelland, Jr. (1915-2010, Seattle newspaper publisher; bookplate) – PBA Galleries.
The first edition of “the first fur-trading voyage to these regions of which an adequate record survives” (Howes). James Strange, from a prominent British family living in Madras, India, led this expedition to Nootka Sound in August 1785. He returned to Madras in May, 1787. The voyage was not a commercial success, however, as not many sea otter skins were collected. The journal of his voyage was left in Madras, and it was this journal that was found and transcribed by A.V.V. Aylyar, Curator, Madras Record Office, in 1928 and printed there in two issues (same plates) in 1928 and 1929. Printed in small numbers in India, the work is uncommon on the market. Arctic Bib. 17097; Howes S-1064.
Quarto (334 x 215mm). Folding map. Original olive printed boards (dampstaining to upper board, spine and edges of boards lightly chipped). Provenance: Madras Record Office (stamps on cover and title) – John M. McClelland, Jr. (1915-2010, Seattle newspaper publisher; bookplate) – PBA Galleries.