1994-5 The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

These two works detail the voyages of Christopher Middleton, a British navigator, William Moor, a British sailor and the cousin of Middleton, and Francis Smith in search of the Northwest passage.

Published by the Hakluyt Society, a publication society founded in 1846, specialising in scholarly editions of records of historic exploration, voyages and geographical primary sources. They produce on average two works a year, with their first series publishing one hundred volumes and the second nearly two hundred.

The second series, volumes 177 and 181 respectively. 

Volume I is illustrated with eleven plates, and Volume II is illustrated with twenty, including maps, plans and illustrations. Collated, complete.

Each complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.