Lot 154: DIXON, George (ca 1755-1800), editor. 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 . London:

DIXON, George (ca 1755-1800), editor. 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 . London: George Goulding, 1789. 4 o (302 x 230 mm). Half-title. 21 plates and maps (13 folding), and one leaf of music entitled "Indian Song as generally Sung by the Natives of Norfolk Sound previous to Commencing trade" (some minor spotting and offsetting). (2U2 with tear crossing text, some occasional offsetting, some soiling, mostly marginal.) Original paper-backed boards, printed paper spine label, uncut (endpapers renewed, small chip at tail of spine). FIRST EDITION OF THIS ACCOUNT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, a voyage undertaken by the newly-formed King George's Sound Company to establish a fur trade between the northwest American coast and China. With Dixon as Captain of the Queen Charlotte and Nathaniel Portlock as captain of the King George , the expedition sailed to Prince William Sound where the two ships then parted. Dixon continued down the coast, discovered Queen Charlotte Island, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, and Dixon Archipelago, and made three stops in Hawaii for the purpose of trading and acquiring provisions. The ship subsequently stopped at Canton to trade and finally returned to Dover in September 1788. The text of Dixon's voyage is by William Beresford, the supercargo aboard the Queen Charlotte , written in the form of letters to a friend in London, but edited by Dixon who added the introduction, the appendix, and the maps. Cox II: 27-28; Forbes:161; Hill 117; Howes D-365; Lada-Mocarski 43; Sabin 20364; Streeter sale VI: 3484; Wickersham 6574.