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[NORTH WEST PASSAGE]; JANE, Cecil, translator.

A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America,

A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America,

being the Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the schooners Sutil and Mexicana to explore the Strait of Fuca.

Stock Code 122583

London, Argonaut Press, 1930.

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A beautifully printed translation of a rare anonymous eighteenth century Spanish account to discover the north west passage but coming from the Pacific.

First edition in English; 4to (26 x 20.5 cm); edition limited to 525 copies printed on Japon vellum, folding map, 6 illustrations; publisher's original vellum-backed orange cloth boards, gilt medallion to upper cover, very light soiling to upper cover, a very good copy; xiv, 142 pp.

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