Beechey, Frederick William

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait

Amsterdam / New York Nico Israel / Da Capa 1968, Facsimile Reprint of 1831 London Edition. (Hardcover issued without dust jacket) 954pp. As new. Two volumes Octavo with 23 plates (4 folding), 1 portrait and 3 maps (2 folding). Bound in simulated vellum. An extremely important voyage, as Beechey, in cooperation with Franklin and Parry, was attempting to locate a North-West passage. Beechey discovered several South Sea Islands and visited Tahiti and Pitcairn, where he met John Adams, survivor of the Bounty mutiny. Adams' lengthy account of this mutiny is included in Beechey's narrative. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana34-35.

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