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American Travel, Exploration & Expansion
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (1749-1817) and George DIXON. Reis naar de Noord-west Kust an Amerika. Amsterdam: Mathiis Schalekamp, 1795. 
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

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$500 - 700
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American Travel, Exploration & Expansion
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (1749-1817) and George DIXON. Reis naar de Noord-west Kust an Amerika. Amsterdam: Mathiis Schalekamp, 1795. 

Square 8vo (216 x 165 mm). Folding map, 9 folding plates. (Few leaves with light dampstaining.) Contemporary quarter calf, speckled boards, uncut (spine worn, extremities rubbed).

FIRST DUTCH EDITION of the first commercial voyage to the northwest coast, with important accounts of early trips to Alaska and Hawaii, and long accounts of dealings with Indians. Forbes 253; Howes P494; Pilling 3038; Sabin 64395.


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