Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: Northwest Passage / Language: English / Work Type: engraving and exploration literature / Subject Terms: Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789) / Classification: Books - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Associated Places Northwest Passage

Language English

Work Type engraving

Work Type exploration literature

Subject Terms Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789)

Classification Books

1. 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.

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Creator:: Vancouver, George, 1757–1798
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 31 x 24 cm (4to) + 1 atlas ([16] leaves of plates (6 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 46 cm (folio))
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts