Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939 The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 4, Q-Z

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Lot 1315
  • 1315

Walpole, Frederick

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400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Four Years in the Pacific. In her majesty's ship "Collingwood". London: Richard Bentley, 1849
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 135mm.), (vol.1) xiv, 432pp.; (vol.2) x, 416pp., 2 plates, illustrations in text, original dark blue blindstamped cloth, blue patterned endpapers with adverts, blue morocco-backed cloth boxes

Literature

Borba de Moraes p.933; Forbes 1757; Hill (2004) 1816 (second edition only); Howes W62; Sabin 101142

Catalogue Note

"A lively account of this voyage by an English officer... The Collingwood proceeded to the Pacific via South America making stops at Rio, Valparaiso, Santiago, Juan Fernandez and Guayaquil, Lima, Payta, and the Society Islands. From there the ship returned to the California coast, stopping at San Blas, Mexico, then sailing northward to Monterey, California. From Monterey the ship proceeded to the Hawaiian Islands, then continued southward, making a second stop at Tahiti, and visiting the Navigator Islands and Samoa before returning home" (Forbes).