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Forster, Johann Reinhold.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North. London: for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1786
first english edition, 4to (275 x 214mm.), half-title, 3 folding engraved maps, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf with gilt border, flat spine in compartments gilt, red morocco lettering piece, maps slightly offset, corners and joints rubbed, joint ends cracked, spine ends chipped
Literature
Sabin 25138; Staton & Tremaine 528; Howes F269
Catalogue Note
This work is a valuable account of the numerous expeditions for the discovery of the Northwest and Northeast Passages. It reviews and investigates the earliest voyages and those of the Middle Ages down to Cabot, and later English voyages down to 1777. There are also separate sections dealing with Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish and Russian expeditions.