A voyage round the world : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon / by Captain George Dixon.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Geo. Goulding, Haydn's Head, No. 6, James Street, Covent Garden, 1789.
Physical Description:
xxix [i.e., 27], [3], 360, 47, [1] pages, [22] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Captain Nathaniel Portlock also published an account of the voyage in 1789, with almost the same title
Contents:
Plates: The chart -- Sketch of a bay south side of Whahoo -- A view in the Bay of Whahoo -- A view of the volcano in Cook's River -- Views of Cape St. Hermogenes, Staten's Land, and Montague Island -- Sketch of Port Mulgrave -- Ditto of Norfolk Sound -- The Dish and Daggers -- View of Cape Edgecumbe -- Sketch of Port Banks -- View of Hippah Island -- The Lip-piece and Spoon -- View of Cape St. James, &c. -- The woman from Queen Charlotte's Isles -- The Indian's Song -- Cancer Raninus -- Ditto ditto -- Apex Fulva -- Yellow Tufted Bee-Eater -- White Winged Cross-Bill -- Patagonian Warbler -- Jocose Shrike.
Subject Terms:
Beresford, William, active 1788 -- Travel. | Beresford, William, active 1788 -- Diaries. | Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817. | King George (Ship) | Queen Charlotte (Ship) | Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel. | Zoology -- Early works to 1800. | Natural history -- Early works to 1800. | Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800. | Shuckforth, D. -- Autograph. | Gordonsmith, C. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1789. | Maps. | Music.
Contributors:
Barlow, Inigo, engraver. | Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver. | Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848, illustrator. | Dixon, George, -1800? illustrator. | Goulding, George, publisher. | Harrison, William, approximately 1750-1803, engraver. | Hogan, James, active 1785-1788, illustrator. | Lewin, William, -1795, illustrator. | Mazell, Peter, active 1761-1797, engraver. | Reid, J., active 1788-1791, engraver.