Author: BEECHEY [Frederic William].
Title: Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom, in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28.
Description: London, Jenry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831. A New Edition. Vol. 1 (of 2) ap. gr.-8°. XXII, 472 pp. Mit 1 gefalt. Karte des pazifischen Ozeans (41 x 53 cm.), 1 (v. 2) doppelblattgr. Karte. u. 13 Taf. in Holzstich. (3 v. Pitcairn, 4 v. Gambier). Ln 1 Karte fehlt, Taf. Grösstenteils stock- bzw. braunfleckig. Exlibris. Mod. cloth, gilt spine label. Book plate on front endpaper. Occasionally foxing. EA. Die Faltkarte zeigt den Weg der HSM Blossom. Es fehlt der Reihentitel und die Karte der Nordwestküste Amerikas. / Lacks the half title page and the 3rd chart North-West Coast of America. - Attempts to discover the Northwest passage during a voyage in the years 1825-28. Visit to Pitcairn, the Gambier archipelageo, and the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Beering Strait. Volume I ends: 6th November 1826, close to Punta de los Reyes, north of the Godlen Gate in San Francisco.

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