The journal and letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the north-west coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales, 1794-1799 / edited by Michael Roe
1967, First Edition. Cambridge : published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #444793
Physical description; lvi, 342 pages : frontispiece (facsimile), 5 plates (maps), tables ; 23 cm. Notes; Based on Bishop's documents in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Spine title: Bishop's journal and letters, 1794-1799. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326). Subjects; Bishop, Charles -approximately 1809. Bishop, Charles 1760-ca1809. Bishop, Charles. Explorers. Discoveries in geography. Oceania - Discovery and exploration. Expeditions, exploration. Diaries Expedition journals. Exploration, history. Voyages and travels ; Early works to 1800. Fur trade North America. Commerce History 18th century. Travel writing America ; Early works to 1800 ; Sources. Travel writing Oceania ; Early works to 1800 ; Sources. Oceania.
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