An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage.
1968
G650 1746 .S85 (Mapit)
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An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage.
Publication Details
[East Ardsley, Wakefield, Eng.] : S. R. Publishers ; [New York] : Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968.
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English
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2 v. : 3 plates, (1 fold.) 5 fold. maps. ; 20 cm.
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G650 1746 .S85
Note
Reprint of the 1748-49 ed.
Charles Swaine was clerk of the California, according to a license issued by Samuel Ogle, governor of Maryland, dated Nov. 3, 1750, and a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Coldan, dated Feb. 28, 1753. cf. Notes and queries, London, Nov. 6, 1943, p. 284-285. Theodorus Swaine Drage also has been named the clerk of the California. cf. Barrow, Sir John, bart. A chronological history of voyages... London, 1818, p. 257.
Charles Swaine was clerk of the California, according to a license issued by Samuel Ogle, governor of Maryland, dated Nov. 3, 1750, and a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Coldan, dated Feb. 28, 1753. cf. Notes and queries, London, Nov. 6, 1943, p. 284-285. Theodorus Swaine Drage also has been named the clerk of the California. cf. Barrow, Sir John, bart. A chronological history of voyages... London, 1818, p. 257.
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v.1-v.2
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