Observations and Remarks made on a Voyage to the islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Island near Van Diemen's Land... the North-West Coast of America.. and thence to Canton in the brig Mercury commanded by John Henry Cox. by MORTIMER, George - 1975

N. Israel / Da Capo Press, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Pages are clean and intact.

Amsterdam: Nico Israel Da Capo Press. Fine. 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Facsimile reprint of the 1791 London edition. 96pp. , with 3 folding plates. Bound in simulated vellum. From Maria's Island, Tasmania, Captain Cox sailed into the Pacific and one of the most interesting points about the book is the early account of the famous mutiny on H. M. S. Bounty. The voyage was partly undertaken for fur trade between the N. W. Coast of America and China . Bibliotheca Australiana 68. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M23 .

Amsterdam: Nico Israel Da Capo Press. Fine. 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Facsimile reprint of the 1791 London edition. 96pp. , with 3 folding plates. Bound in simulated vellum. From Maria's Island, Tasmania, Captain Cox sailed into the Pacific and one of the most interesting points about the book is the early account of the famous mutiny on H. M. S. Bounty. The voyage was partly undertaken for fur trade between the N. W. Coast of America and China . Bibliotheca Australiana 68. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M23 .

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1975.. Facsimile Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. (xvi), 72; 1 b/w illustration, fold-out diagram at rear; original white cloth, title in gilt on blue label on spine and front board, very good copy.

Hardback. New.

Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, J. Moore, A. Greuber, W. Jones and R. White, 1791. Second (i.e. first Dublin) edition. 8vo, xiii, 118 pp. 125 mm x 214 mm. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, lightly rubbed. 118 pages. Half title and free endpaper bound after the dedication page. Ownership inscription of Samuel Lowden, Jr., 1818 on rear flyleaf. The rare Dublin piracy of one of the most obscure Pacific voyages. The Mercury visited Tahiti and Hawaii in the summer of 1789. A very rare account of a mysterious voyage, originally published by the author in a lavish quarto edition. "This voyage has long puzzled Pacific historians, Although the introduction states that the voyage was undertaken by Mr. Cox 'from motives of curiosity, [and that] the fur trade on the North West Coast of America was its ultimate object,' it is now known that the brig Mercury was in fact the Gustaf III, an armed privateer sailing under the Swedish flag and sent by the king of Sweden to attack Russian fur-trade settlements in… Read More