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. Undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and performewd in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver. In three volumes. Vol. I (-III).
George Vancouver (1757-1798)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092707
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates . 4to.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; gilt fillet and gilt tooled border; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Vancouver's Voyage"
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
George Vancouver (1757-1798) John Vancouver (d.1828)