An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage by Hudson's Streights, . to the western and southern ocean of America. Performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, commander. By the clerk of the California. Adorned with cuts and maps. ...
Clerk of the California
Category
Books
Date
1748 - 1749
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050510.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. . ill.. (plates), fold. maps . 8vo.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 18th century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border on board; blind roll on board edge; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label and vol. no.
Makers and roles
Clerk of the California Theodorus Swaine Drage (1712-1774) Charles Swaine (fl.1746-1766)