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[A voyage round the world but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon] Beresford, William, active 1788

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Title
[A voyage round the world but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon]
Creator
Beresford, William, active 1788
Contributor
Dixon, George, -1800?
Publisher
London : G.Goulding
Date Issued
1789
Extent
xxix, 2 unnumbered, 360 pages includes tables, 17 plates (7 coloured, 2 folded) : 5 folded maps (including front) ; 30 x 23 cm
Subject
Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817; King George (Ship); Queen Charlotte (Ship); Voyages around the world; Zoology; Northwest Coast of North America
Genre
Books
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
With music.

A series of 49 letters signed "W.B." [i.e. William Beresford] supercargo on board the Queen Charlotte; edited, with introduction and 2 appendices, by George Dixon. cf. Introd., p. xxii-xxiii, p.3; Portlock, Voyage round the world, 1789; Dict. nat. biog., v.15, p. 124, note.

"Appendix no. I. Natural history": p. 353-360.

"Appendix no. II. Tables of the route of the King George and Queen Charlotte": 47 p. at end.
Identifier
FC3821_1_P6_B4_1789a
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3821.1.P6 B4 1789a
Date Available
2015-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
These images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=462691
DOI
10.14288/1.0114666
RBSCLocation
Rare Books and Special Collections Medium Oversize

A copy is shelved in the Chung Exhibit CC-EX-2-9-27
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These images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/