(View) Plate VI (in Volume I). A Discovery on the Rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound.
Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addit...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~279026~90052091 2024-05-12T08:08:20+00:00 (View) Plate VI (in Volume I). A Discovery on the Rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound. 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 Performed 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. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798. View: Plate VI (in Volume I). A Discovery on the Rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound. Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 B.T Pouney 1798 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 23 31 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~279026~90052091 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/162/3354023.jpg unknown G.G. & J. Robinson London 3354.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~279026~90052091 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/162/3354023.jpg 3354.023 Chart Atlas View 1798 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-04-12T16:53:23Z Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine. P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860. Map North Atlantic David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) New Zealand Pacific Sandwich Islands |
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Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine. P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860. |
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(View) Plate VI (in Volume I). A Discovery on the Rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound. |
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(View) Plate VI (in Volume I). A Discovery on the Rocks in Queen Charlotte's Sound. |
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G.G. & J. Robinson |
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