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"The dedication to Maquinna, alias Tahism (the Meridian sun), the King of Nootka Sound, begins "I had the honor some time ago of transmitting . . . the opening of a poem entitled The Otter skin".
Parts 2 and 3 of The otter skin and other satirical poems after the model of Alexander Pope.
"The characters sketched in these pages, Your Majesty knows too well by fatal experience": - Dedication.
The author regrets the greed and depredations of the traders."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, pp. 244-245.
Item Metadata
| Title |
Rhapsodies, in a voyage to Nootka Sound
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| Creator | |
| Publisher |
London : Printed for, & sold by, the Booksellers
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| Date Issued |
1797
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| Description |
"The dedication to Maquinna, alias Tahism (the Meridian sun), the King of Nootka Sound, begins "I had the honor some time ago of transmitting . . . the opening of a poem entitled The Otter skin".
Parts 2 and 3 of The otter skin and other satirical poems after the model of Alexander Pope.
"The characters sketched in these pages, Your Majesty knows too well by fatal experience": - Dedication.
The author regrets the greed and depredations of the traders."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, pp. 244-245.
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| Extent |
vii, 72 pages ; 21 cm
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63045734
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| Identifier |
F5817.4 .R42; II-0463
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| Collection | |
| Source |
University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5817.4 .R42
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| Date Available |
2016-03-02
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0225971
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.