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443 - Pacific – America – Asia
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Pacific – America – Asia Meares, John Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North-West Coast of America. With 20 engraved maps and 18 aquatint plates. London, J. Walter, 1790. 1 fol., VIII, 6 fol., XCV, 372 pp., 52 fol. 4°. Leather with gold-stamped title on the spine (worn and bumped). First edition of this important work on the settlement of Oregon. – With library stamp. – Henze 3, 415 ff. – Sabin 472600. – Edward Cox II, 29: “This narrative is a most important work. It was on these discoveries by Meares that Great Britain’s claims to Oregon mainly depended.” – John Meares was a British captain and navigator. He began his career in the Royal Navy at the age of 15 as a captain’s cabin boy. He rose slowly through the ranks and organised his first fur-trading expedition in 1786. He was subsequently involved in the fur trade between British Columbia and China. The accounts of his expeditions provided valuable information about the indigenous peoples of the north-western coast of North America. - In places, heavily foxed and with smudges from plates. Edges discoloured. Overall in good condition. Pacific – America – Asia – With 20 engraved maps and 18 aquatint plates. Leather with gilt-stamped title (rubbed and bumped). - First edition of this important work on the settlement of Oregon. - With library stamp. - Edward Cox II, 29: “This narrative is a most important work. It was on these discoveries by Meares that Great Britain’s claims to Oregon mainly depended.” - John Meares was a British captain and navigator. He began his career in the Royal Navy at the age of 15 as a captain’s cabin boy. He gradually rose through the ranks and organised his first fur-trading expedition in 1786. He subsequently became involved in the fur trade between British Columbia and China. The descriptions of his expeditions provided valuable information about the indigenous peoples of the north-west coast of North America. Some sections are heavily foxed and bear chalk marks. Edges are browned. Overall, well preserved.
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