Research Catalog

Title

A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean [electronic resource] : 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 in those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted / undertaken and performed by James Colnett ; [compiled by William Combe]

Author

Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

Publication

London : Printed for the author by W. Bennett, 1798.

Details

Additional Authors

• Combe, William, 1742-1823.
• Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827.
• Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839.
• Foot, T. (Thomas)

Description

iv, vi, xviii, 179 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., fold. maps, port., charts; 30 cm.

Subject

• Stephens, Philip, Sir, 1725-1809 > Portraits
• Rattler (Ship) > Early works to 1800
• Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800
• Pacific Coast (South America) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• South America > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Note

• Compiled by William Combe from Captain Colnett's notes. Cf. Dict. nat. biog., under Combe.
• Port. of Sir Philip Stephens engraved by J. Collyer after a painting by W. Beechey. Maps engraved by T. Foot.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 14546.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

CTRG03-B81

Author

Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

Title

A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean [electronic resource] : 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 in those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted / undertaken and performed by James Colnett ; [compiled by William Combe]

Imprint

London : Printed for the author by W. Bennett, 1798.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG03-B81

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Local Note

Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Combe, William, 1742-1823.

Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827.

Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839.

Foot, T. (Thomas)