Creator:

Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806

Title:
A voyage to Hudson's-Bay : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a north west passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay, with the countries adjacent.
Published / Created:

London : Printed for H. Whitridge, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCXLVII [1748]

Physical Description:
xxviii, 336 [i.e. 344] pages, [9] leaves of plates, (4 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm (8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G650 1746 E47 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
G650 1746 E47 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:

Page iv misnumbered vi and pages 89-96 repeated.

Some of the plates engraved by James Mynde.

Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ b² B-G⁸ [G]⁴ H-Y⁸.

Map (16 x 44 cm) has title: A new chart of the parts where a North West Passage was sought in the years 1746 and 1747 : exhibiting the track of the ships throughout that expedition / by Henry Ellis.

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 22312

English short title catalogue, T145975

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is a large paper copy (24 cm) Bound in later three-quarter red morocco and red cloth.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in contemporary mottled calf. Armorial bookplate: Westport House.

Subject Terms:
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Hudson Bay -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. | Hudson Bay -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | California (Ship : 1746–1747) -- Early works to 1800. | Dobbs Galley (Ship) -- Early works to 1800. | Westport House -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1748. | Subscriber's lists. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Maps.
Contributors:
Mynde, James, 1702–1771 | Whitridge, Henry