Turnbull's Voyage Round the World First Edition

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Author: Turnbull, John
Title: A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 in which the Author Visited the Principal Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the English Settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island
Place Published: London
Publisher:Richard Phillips
Date Published: 1805
Description:

3 volumes. xii, 238; [2], xiii-xvi, 237; [2], xvii-xx, 204, +[4] ad pp. (Small 8vo) 15.8x10 cm (6¼x4") speckled calf, spines tooled in gilt with morocco lettering pieces. First Edition.

An Englishman interested in profiting from the lucrative fur trade on the northwest coast of America, Turnbull set out in 1800 on the Margaret, as the business manager. Though the voyage was a financial failure (he does not seem to have even gotten to the northwest coast), he gives interesting accounts of Hawaii, Tahiti, the Society and Tongan islands, New South Wales, and other places in the Pacific. Hill 1725.
Condition Report: Rubbing and abrasions at spine ends, rubbing to joints, edges and corners, a few spots and abrasions to covers; mild foxing with a few stains within; very good overall.