The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. Edited by Ronald Louis Silveira de Braganza and Charlotte Oakes. Annotations by Jonathan A. Hill. Published by University Library, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1974, 1982, 1983. First edition. Three volumes. 8vo up to 9½” tall. Volume 1: xvi, 334pp. Volume 2: xviii, 335-627pp. Volume 3: x, 628- 766pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, mapped endpapers, frontispiece. In fine condition.
The Kenneth Hill collection comprised virtually all of the reports of voyages on the Pacific made prior to 1850. Also includes information on Melanesia, Indonesia, Australia, and Arctic explorations. An extensive and important resource.
