The Voyage of George Vancouver. Volume III. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791- 1795, W. Kaye Lamb; George Vancouver. Published by The Hakluyt Society, London, 1984. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 787- 1230pp. with five plates and four sketch maps. Blue cloth boards with gilt ship to front board and gilt spine titles. Contents are in fine condition, very light bumping to head and tail of spine; dustjacket has rubbing to edges and tiny closed tear tail of spine.
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century – Cook’s third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La P use, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver’s Voyage of Discovery. Vancouver surveyed the enormous extent of coast from Lower California to Cook Inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of Puget Sound and the western coast of mainland Canada. It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, Cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors.
