VANCOUVER, George (1757-98). A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean.

VANCOUVER, George (1757-98).  A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed undertaken by His Majesty’s Command, Principally with a View to ascertain the existence of any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans … A New Edition, with Corrections. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. 6 volumes, 8vo (225 x 145mm). 17 folding engraved plates (lacking the 2 charts in vol. one, but supplied in crude modern facsimile, one bound in, the other loose, pp. 409-410 in vol. one lacking, but supplied in crude modern facsimile, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary paper-backed pink paper boards, spines titled in early manuscript, uncut (upper joints of vol. one split, some creasing and discolouration of spines). Provenance: Francis White Popham (armorial bookplates). With a folio volume of folding modern facsimile charts to accompany the work. Brunet IV, 563; Ferguson 339; Forbes 335; Hill p. 1754: “This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge”; Howes V-23; Howgego I, V13; Sabin 98444; Wickersham 6601. Provenance: from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). (7)