Marmot Trading | | Titel: | The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791-1795 Vol 1-4 | | By: | W Lamb - Editor | | ISBN | 0 904180 16 6 | | Publisher: | Hakluyt Society | | Format: | Hardcover | | Date: | 1984 | | Dimensions | 22 x 14 cm | | Weight | 3.8 kg (All 4 volumes together) |
Description of Book condition 4 volumes in pale blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and motif on front. Some bumping to corners else very tidy. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Dust jackets have some surface rubbing. Please verify value of these books on bookfinder.com.Copy and paste the ISBN number.Prices start at R1200 - R4000.00 Career Highlights of George Vancouver 1772: At the age of 13, George was appointed to Captain James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution as an ‘able seaman’.
1775: Vancouver joined Cook’s third voyage aboard HMS Discovery and was promoted to midshipman.
1780: Passed his Lieutenant examination, appointed to HMS Martin, and dispatched to the Caribbean. While serving on Martin, Vancouver sees the most action, including a successful victory over a powerful French fleet.
1784 - 1788: While serving two separate terms on HMS Europa, Vancouver is promoted from Third to Second Lieutenant, and then First Lieutenant (second in command). Among the crew during these years in the Caribbean are Peter Puget, Joseph Baker, Joseph Whidbey and Zachary Mudge. All of who serve with Vancouver on his later voyage to the Pacific coast.
1790: Vancouver appointed Captain of Discovery for the voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
1791 – 1795: Vancouver leads the expedition to the Pacific Northwest where he spends three seasons charting the coast from San Francisco to Alaska.
1798: Vancouver’s journals, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World in the Year 1790 – 1795 (…) are published posthumously.
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