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Shelfmark

Ag.5.12

Author

Title

Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the north west coast of America. To which are prefixed, an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka; observations on the probable existence of a north west passage; and some account of the trade between the north west coast of America and China, and the latter country and Great Britain. By John Meares ...

Publication, distribution, etc.

London : printed at the Logographic Press; and sold by J. Walter, No. 169, Piccadilly, opposite Old Bond Street, 1790.

Physical description

viii, [12], xcv, [1], 372, [108]p, plates (some folded) : maps, ports. ; 4to.

Note

In some copies the comma after Esq, on the titlepage is corrected to a point.

Note

Engraved frontispiece of author.

Note

With a list of subscribers.

Citation/references note

ESTC T98966

Additional physical form available

Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2000. 1 reel ; 35mm. Unit 322. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 11255, no.07 ).

Additional physical form available

Microfilm. New Haven, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 1430, no. 14100).

Provenance

Bookplate of Eton College.

Binding

18th century gold-tooled calf.

Subject

Subject

Voyages and travels Early works to 1800.

Subject

Indians of North America Pacific coast.

Subject

Indians of North America Early works to 1800 Northwest Coast of North America.

Subject

Pacific Coast (North America) Description and travel Early works to 1800.

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Added entry--place

England London.

Identifier

B10693
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