A Voyage To Hudson's-Bay, By the Dobbs Galley and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747, For Discovering a North West Passage

London: H. Whitridge. Good with no dust jacket. 1748. First Edition. Leather. xxviii, 336 pp (i.e. 344, pp. 89-96 repeated) Folding map at frontis, 9 plates including 5 folding. The map includes Groenland (sic), Iceland, Hudson’s Bay (“A New Discovered Sea”), Nova Scotia and “Parts Unknown” The plates include various animals including pelicans, owls,… Read more about this item

London: H. Whitridge, 1748. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full calf rebacked, raised bands, gilt cover border panels, red leather spine label. Very good. 336 pages 20.5 x 13 cm. Folding map: 9 engraved plates of which five are folding. A synopsis of twenty three voyages in an attempt to discover the Northwest passage. Transformative voyage under Captains Moore… Read more about this item

London: H. Whitridge, 1748. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. xxviii,1-96,89-336.pp. Octavo. Nine plates including five folding. One large folding map as frontis. Bound in original full red polished calf re-backed with a new lighter calf spine. Text generally very clean. Endpapers a bit soiled. A pleasing copy. Streeter 3642;… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. In 1746, a privately funded expedition set out from England in search of the North-West Passage. While the expedition was unsuccessful in locating the sea route, it travelled further north than any previous attempt. First published in 1748, this account by Henry Ellis (1721-1806) generated great interest.

London, Whitridge 1748. Contemporary Calf Gilt, pp. xxviii, 336 pp. plus folding map and nine plates of which 5 are folding, a very nice copy. One of the most important works concerning the search for the North West Passage. "The first part contains a synopsis of twenty- three English voyages to discover the Northwest… Read more about this item

First Edition. hardcover. folding map of Hudson's Bay and the Canadian Arctic. 9 engraved plates, 5 folding. xxviii, 336pp. small 8vo, cont. calf; (spine ends worn, inner hinges strengthened). London: Whitridge, 1748.<br/><br/> "Pt. 1 is a synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest passage...pt. 2, an account of a voyage under Captains Moor and Francis Smith, financed… Read more about this item

Dublin, 1749. xvi,152pp. Lacks the map. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Upper forecorner of first five leaves carefully repaired, text unaffected. Some internal soiling. Overall still very good. Later Dublin edition, after the first and second London editions. "The first part contains a synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest Passage, a history of the rise… Read more about this item

London: H. Whitridge, 1748. First Edition. Half-Leather. Fair. |Title Continues " together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a Passage is rendered probable. To which is Prefixed an Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made for the finding a Passage that way to the East Indies." Main Text… Read more about this item

Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-23. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.