Description
A Voyage Round The World by Captain George Dixon, the first edition. Quarto, xxiv, [3], 360pp, 47pp appendix. Contemporary brown calf, marbled boards, title in gilt over red morocco spine label. Includes 22 plates (7 Foldout maps, 15 illustrated plates), depicting scenes of the Pacific Northwest area of North America. Intermittent stains, pen ink stain starting at Page 354, not affecting text and limited to lower right corner. (Sabin 20364)(Howes D365)
Comments: Captain George Dixon primarily explored the western boarder of Canada, British Columbia, The Queen Charlotte Islands and the southern islands of present day Alaska. He wintered in Hawaii, then returned to England via China.
