A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape H...

A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births [sic], in certain islands and coasts on those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted :

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London : Printed for the author by W. Bennett ..., sold by A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho [and 4 others], 1798.; 253 images, 248 with full-text search

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Creator: Colnett, James, 1755?-1806, author
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Title: A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births [sic], in certain islands and coasts on those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted : undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler.
Published: London : Printed for the author by W. Bennett ..., sold by A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho [and 4 others], 1798.
Identifier: oocihm.33242
33242
Subject: Rattler (Ship).
Rattler (Navire).
Voyages and travels.
Voyages.
Atlantic coast (South America) -- Description and travel.
Pacific coast (South America) -- Description and travel.
Pacific coast -- Description and travel.
Atlantique, Côte de l'(Amérique du Sud) -- Descriptions et voyages.
Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Sud) -- Descriptions et voyages.
Pacifique, Côte du -- Descriptions et voyages.
Document source: Electronic reproduction.
Notes: Compiled by William Combe from Captain Colnett's notes--Cf. Dict. of nat. biog., under Combe.
iv, vi, xviii, 179 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 30 cm.
Collection: Monographs
Language: English
URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.33242