Author additional ss: Alexander, William, 1767–1816, illustrator. / Work Type: exploration literature / Subject Terms: Northwest Passage -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Author additional ss Alexander, William, 1767–1816, illustrator.

Work Type exploration literature

Subject Terms Northwest Passage -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

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