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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.
Estimate: $500-$700
Passed
Live Auction
Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Location
Cincinnati
Description

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.


This lot is located in Cincinnati.