308 pp, 9 1/8" H. Pale lilac/gray cloth with dark blue lettering/banding on spine. B&w reproductions, charts - all present, including large folded map in pocket at rear. Contents: Preface; Early Days; With Cook to Hawaii; With Rodney and Gardner; The Nootka Affair; Start of the Great Voyages; Otahiti; The Fabled Coast; Quadra and Vancouver; The Spanish Settlements; The Lawgiver; Northward Again; The Southern Track; King George Men; Alaska; Homeward Bound; Work and Worry; The Last Year; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Tiny scuffs to fore-edge of pages 277 to 298, rear map has one tiny tear archivally taped and one or two wrinkles, very light browning to edges of text block, a few tiny foxing marks and faint small stains on boards, light fading to spine color.
Title: VANCOUVER: A LIFE, 1757-1798.
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: London, Philip Allan: 1930
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Categories: American History & Travel, British History, History and Travel, Sailing & The Sea, Canada - British Columbia
Seller ID: 28346
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