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975 - PORTLOCK, Nathaniel: Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America. Undertaken in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. By Captains Nathaniel Portlock and George Dixon. Compiled and translated from their original travel accounts. Amsterdam: M. Schalekamp, 1795. 4to: [4]-265-[1] pp.; 8 (of 9) plates (missing plate of a young woman named Charlotta, with occasional spotting). Contemporary half mottled sheepskin, mottled paper boards, spine with raised bands (joints partly split, some rubbing, corners slightly bumped). First Dutch translation (1st London 1789) of Portlock’s account of his participation, alongside George Dixon, in Cook’s third voyage. Illustrated with 8 folding plates depicting views, some artifacts, and a portrait. Ref. STCN. - Sabin 64395. - Tiele 878. Formerly owned by Solomon Alofsen (1808–1876), who collected books on America, especially the United States of America (bookplate).
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PORTLOCK, Nathaniel: Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America. Undertaken in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. By Captains Nathaniel Portlock and George Dixon. Compiled and translated from their original travel accounts. Amsterdam: M. Schalekamp, 1795. 4to: [4]-265-[1] pp.; 8 (of 9) plates (missing plate of a young woman named Charlotta, with occasional spotting). Contemporary half mottled sheepskin, mottled paper boards, spine with raised bands (joints partly split, some rubbing, corners slightly bumped). First Dutch translation (1st London 1789) of Portlock’s account of his participation, alongside George Dixon, in Cook’s third voyage. Illustrated with 8 folding plates depicting views, some artifacts, and a portrait. Ref. STCN. - Sabin 64395. - Tiele 878. Formerly owned by Solomon Alofsen (1808–1876), who collected books on America, especially the United States of America (bookplate).
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