A voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747 : for discoverying a north west passage : with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country, together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of a such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis.

Accession number

PML 75158

Creator

Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806.

Published

London : Printed for H. Whitridge, 1748.

Credit line

Gift of Mr. Daniel P. Davison.

Notes

"To which is prefixed, An historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies."
First edition.

Description

xxviii, 336 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations (some folded), 1 folded map ; 21 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Inscription in ink inside front cover: Thomas Knapp, George Joules, 1780, August 1748[?].

Provenance

Thomas Knapp; George Joules; bookplate of Harry Pomeroy Davision; Daniel P. Davison.

Binding

Brown speckled calf.

Classification

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