Log of the Union: John Boit's Remarkable Voyage to the Northwest Coast and around the World, 1794-1796
by Hayes, Edmund (editor)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxed at spine, front lower corner bumped.
- ISBN 10
- 0875950892
- ISBN 13
- 9780875950891
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxed at spine, front lower corner bumped.. 1981. Softcover. 0875950892 . Cream colored cardstock covers, title in red on spine and front. xxxvii, 136 pages. Black and white and color illustrations, maps and notes. John Boyd, Jr., the master of the sloop-rigged Union, was only 19 years old, yet he embarked with his ship on a circumnavigation of the globe. He began his well-financed New England fur-trading expedition to the Northwest Coast of America and to China and kept a well-written and important journal. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37388
- Title
- Log of the Union: John Boit's Remarkable Voyage to the Northwest Coast and around the World, 1794-1796
- Author
- Hayes, Edmund (editor)
- Illustrator
- Hewitt R. Jackson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxed at spine, front lower corner bumped.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0875950892
- ISBN 13
- 9780875950891
- Publisher
- Oregon Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Portland, OR
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0875950892, Fur Trade, 18th Century, 18th Century Voyages, PACIFIC Voyages
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- Nautical Books;
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