Mortimer, George

Observations and Remarks Made During a Voyage

Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press, 1988. 71pp. Quarto [26 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Item #3724

"Though the following Voyage was chiefly undertaken from motives of curiosity by Mr. Cox, the fur trade in the North West Coast of America was its ultimate object; and for this purpose, a fine new copper-bottomed vessel called the Mercury, of one hundred and fifty-two tons burden, was built by that ingenious naval architect Mr. Staukaart, of Deptford." - from the Introduction (p.v.).

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