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. - Catalog

Name: 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.
Author: John Meares

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. by John Meares

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Title:
Voyages Made In The Years 1788 And 1789 From China To The North West Coast Of America

Sub Title:
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.

Author(s):
John Meares

Circulation:
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Published:
1790

Edition:
1st Edition

Document:
Book · Hardcover

Physical Description:
viii, [12], xcv, [1], 372, [108] pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Genre:
aquatints (prints)

Summary:

"Some copies issued on larger paper with coloured plates. Streeter noted variations in copies and describes one with an extra plate on the Philippines. Meares commanded the Felice Adventurer and Iphigenia, Captain Douglas, on a trading voyage for the Associated Merchants. The seizure of his ships by the Spanish at Nootka led to an international crisis, eventually resolved by the Nootka Convention of 1790. His exaggerated claims concerning his exploits and hardships were strongly attacked by George Dixon (no. I48). The account of voyages was edited by William Combe from Meares's papers, ref. D.N.B. The appendices contain the official instructions for the voyage, and various documents concerning the seizure, including Meares's Memorial to the House of Commons which was also published separately (no.363)." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: U

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John Meares, 1756-1809 (Author)

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