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62 - VANCOUVER (George). Atlas of the Vancouver voyage.
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VANCOUVER (George). Atlas of the Vancouver voyage. Paris: imprimerie de la République, an VIII [1800]. - Large folio, 663 x 500 : 4 pp. 10 maps, 6 plates. Pink paper boards, smooth spine, untrimmed (contemporary binding). First edition of the only Atlas intended to accompany the edition of the Voyage de découvertes à l'océan pacifique du Nord et autour du monde ; dans lequel la côte Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevée ... et exécuté en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 et 1795 par le capitaine George Vancouver. It consists of 10 large and beautiful maps accompanied by double-page plans, as well as 6 land views. The maps and plans show the following places: I: Part of the south-west coast of New Holland, with plans of King George III's Harbour, Obscure Bay on the south-west coast of New Zealand, Anchor Island Harbour and Easy Harbour, and three new islands in the open ocean discovered by Vancouver (the Snares, Chatam Island and Oparo Island). II: The Sandwich Islands and part of the Galapagos Islands, with a plan of Cocos Island. III: General map of the part of the north-west coast of America from the mission of S. Domingo to the coast of California, as far as the inner end of Cook's Entrance and as far as Kodiak Island south of Cook's Entrance. IV to x : Particular maps of the north-west coast of America, with particular plans of the ports S. Diego and S. Francisco (IV), Trinity Bay (V), Columbia River Entrance, Grey Harbour and Discovery Harbour (VI), Stewart Harbour (VII), Conclusion Harbour, Protection Harbour and Cross Sound Entrance (VIII), Chalmers Harbour (IX) and Chatam Harbour (X). Copy in contemporary hardback. Some wear to the binding, mainly missing at the hinges and corners. Scattered foxing. Provenance : P. R. Duperray, with bookplate.
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