{"product_id":"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","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","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNathaniel Portlock (c1748-1817)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePrinted for John Stockdale and George Goulding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003exii+384+xl pages with frontispiece, 19 plates (6 folding copper-engraved charts, and 13 copper-engraved plates). Quarto (11¼\" x 9\"), full calf decorated in gilt, spine tooled in gilt with morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, slipcase. (Forbes 177; Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.239; New Hill 1376; Howes P497; Lada-Mocarski 42; Sabin 64389; Wagner Northwest Coast 738-43) First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Portlock entered the Royal Navy in 1772 as an able seaman, serving in HMS \u003cem\u003eSt Albans\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1776 he joined HMS \u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e as master's mate and served on the third Pacific voyage of James Cook. During the expedition, in August 1779, he was transferred to the HMS \u003cem\u003eResolution\u003c\/em\u003e. On Cook's third voyage, furs obtained in present-day British Columbia and Alaska sold for good prices when the expedition called at Macao. In 1785 Richard Cadman Etches and partners, including Portlock and George Dixon formed a partnership, commonly called the King George's Sound Company, to develop the fur trade. Dixon had also served on \u003cem\u003eResolution\u003c\/em\u003e in the Pacific Ocean under Cook. In September 1785 Portlock and Dixon sailed from England. Portlock was in command of the larger vessel, the 320-ton \u003cem\u003eKing George\u003c\/em\u003e, with a crew of 59. Dixon's was in command of the 200-ton \u003cem\u003eQueen Charlotte\u003c\/em\u003e, with a crew of 33. Dixon and Portlock sailed together for most of their three-year voyage. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, reaching the Falkland Islands in January 1786, and transited Cape Horn to enter the Pacific Ocean. They reached the Hawaiian islands on 24 May and anchored in Kealakekua Bay (where Cook had been killed in 1779), but did not go ashore. They took on fresh food at other Hawaiian islands and proceeded on to what is now Alaska. After two years of plying the waters, Portlock and Dixon departed North America, reaching Macao in November 1788. On their return Portlock and Dixon published an account of the voyage, based in part on letters written by William Beresford, the trader on the expedition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinor wear to slipcase; front joint repaired but tender, rear joint cracked, covers scuffed, corners and spine tips bumped; plates offsetting, some tears to leaves, occasional spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, some repairs and a few small tear to maps else good to very good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Collector, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44871771947199,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/5614\/3551\/files\/porlock.jpg?v=1767726784","url":"https:\/\/bookcollectorshop.com\/products\/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","provider":"The Book Collector, Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}