first edition Hardcover
1849 · London
by Strachey, William
London: Hakluyt Society, 1849. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xl, 203 pages of text including an index. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Slight sunning to spine, with minor rubbing to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated in black & white with a fold-out map, and six plates including facsimiles of historic signatures. First Series, No. 6. Numerous pages uncut and unopened. From the British Museum, Sloan MS 1622. Title continues "...Gathered & Observed as well by those who went first thither as collected by William Strachey.".
(Inventory #: 009191)