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Dixon, Captain George. A Voyage Round the

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Dixon, Captain George. A Voyage Round the
Dixon, Captain George. 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. Dedicated By Permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.. London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With 22 engraved plates/maps as called for, being: 2 folding views, 5 folding maps, 1 folding panorama, 13 plates and 1 sheet of music with song. xxix, [3] 360pp, 47pp, letterpress on laid paper. Bound in leather with gilt borders, inner dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Lacks backstrip, covers detached, binding tight. Large folding chart bound in, facing page 1, rather than as frontis (with crease tears). Other folding maps in VG condition. Occasional foxing, and offsetting.