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COLNETT (JAMES) A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round the Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, FIRST EDITION, for the Author, 1798
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COLNETT (JAMES)
A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round the Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait of the author, 6 folding engraved maps (including large of the Galapagos Islands, one with small folding extension present, one with tear repaired), one engraved plate of a sperm whale, 2 engraved plates of coastal profiles, some off-setting, margins of title-page strengthened with tape, modern half calf over marbled boards, slipcase [Hill 338; Howes C2140; Sabin 14546; Wagner (Northwest), p.207], 4to (288 x 220mm.), for the Author, 1798
Footnotes
Colnett's voyage is one of the most important in the history of whaling. Colnett had served as a midshipman on Cook's Second Voyage. He led this this voyage, a joint naval and commercial undertaking, primarily for the benefit of whaling interests and to investigate other commercial prospects in the Pacific.