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Lot 12:
MEARES (John)
VOYAGES Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka; observations on the probable existence of a North West passage; and some account of the trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain. London: Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.
viii, [12], xcvi, 372, [108] pp., 10 mapas, 15 [de 18] gravs.: il.; 300 mm. Lacking portraits "Tianna, a Prince of Atoor" e "Wynee, Native of Onyhee" and another engrave that we could not identify; copy with the rare Philipine engrave; Half calf bidding; slightly trimmed; some water stains.
FIRST EDITION of one of the fundamental works for the history of the Northwest coast of the United States and Alaska in particular, richly and beautifully illustrated with a total of 28 engravings, with the vast majority of copies appearing with just 27 engravings [25 in this copy] and even bibliographers differ in their number. The engravings are divided into ten maps, three of them fold-out, four portraits, one of them of the author, the rest of indigenous peoples and the rest with views (of which two are fold-out) and island coast profiles (four of which are double-leafed). , of which the red waters stand out with views of the Philippines, Macau, Hawaii and the Northwest Coast of the United States. John Meares (1756-1809) enlisted in the navy in 1771, served on HMS Cruiser, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1778 and left for India in 1783. In March 1786, he sailed from Calcutta to Nootka with the ships Nootka and SeaOrder. While his companion William Tipping, captain of the Sea Order, returned to China loaded with furs, Meares spent the winter in Prince William Sound, Alaska, only returning to China in 1787. The following year he returned to the Northwest Coast of the United States under the flag Portuguese and in 1789 he joined forces with another merchant with the aim of establishing a permanent trading post in Nootka Sound, creating a diplomatic and commercial dispute between England and Spain and which led to the Nootka Convention in 1790. In addition to his travels from China to America in 1788 and 1789, which is the main theme of this book, describes the previous trips of 1786 and 1787. It also has detailed descriptions of the Indian peoples of North America, describing villages, languages, uses and customs and of the voyage of the ship Iphigenia Nubiana, commanded by Captain William Douglas, and which visited the Sandwich Islands and Nootka Sound. Very rare, important and valuable.
¶ Howgego, v.1, M86; Sabin 47260
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