Author: NEWCOMBE, C.F.
Title: The First Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island: Memoir No. 1 - Archives of British Columbia: Signed and Inscribed by E.O. S. Scholefield, Provincial Archivist
Description: Victoria, BC: Government of British Columbia (B.C.), 1914. First Edition. Paperback. 69 pages. Complete with 8 protected map plates. Signed and inscribed by E.O.S. Scholefield, Archivist of British Columbia atop front cover. Pages 3-4 constitute a letter of submittal by Mr. Scholefield to the Honourable Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary. This work "represents the first bulletin of the British Columbia Provincial Archives Department." - page 3. "Vindicates the contention of Captain Vancouver that his ships were the first to complete the navigation of the inner channels which separate Vancouver Island from the British Columbia mainland." - M. Menzies. Errata neatly affixed to verso of Map List. Map plate V loose but present. Rough cut edges. Contents clean, unmarked and lightly toned. Short openings to bottom edges of beige card covers. Strathern 399.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The First Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island: Archives of British Columbia - Memoir No. 1 Newcombe, C.F. History Exploration Discovery, Captain George Vancouver, Galiano, Valdes, E.O.S. Scholefield, Northwest Coast - Exploration. Good .

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