A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean:

In which the Coast of Asia, from the Lat. of 35˚ North to the Lat. of 52˚ North, the Island on Insu, (Commonly Known under the Name of the Land of Yesso,) the North, South, and East Coast of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the Adjacent Isles, as well as the Coast of Corea, Have been Examined and Surveyed. Performed in His Majesty’s Sloop Providence, and Her Tender, in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798. First ed. 4to. xx, 393pp., miss binding 129pp.-136pp. 6 engraved plates. 3 folding engraved maps. All plates and maps are lined. Modern full Russian calf, modern marbled end-paper, very slightly worn, internally many annotated by (John Crosley, astronomer), ex-library stamps of “Royal Astronomical Society” and “Spitalfields Mathematical Society” on the title-page. A nice copy and scarce.  Y22070141

プロビデンス号艦長ブロートンの航海記で、1795年から98年にかけて行われた英国海軍探検隊の記録。北米西岸からハワイなどを経て、蝦夷、樺太、千島列島を含む北東アジア一帯を探査し、各地の地理、住民の風俗を記録した。サハリン、千島、北海道を含む北東アジア及び沖縄、台湾を含む日本南部の地図付き。