LOG OF THE UNION: JOHN BOIT'S REMARKABLE VOYAGE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST AND AROUND THE WORLD 1794-1796

Oregon Historical Society, 1981. Jackson, Hewitt R. First edition, first printing. Oblong hardcover. Item #24507
ISBN: 0875950973

Number 66 of 150 copies numbered on the colophon and signed by Hayes and Jackson on the half title page. John Boit, Jr., the master of the sloop-rigged Union, was only 19 years old. Yet, he was embarking with his ship on a circumnavigation of the globe, beginning with an expedition to the Northwest Coast of America and to china. [xxxvii] plus 136 pages with illustrations and maps, plus colophon. Bound in coarse sail cloth with lettering in red. Very fine in very fine dust jacket, within the publisher's slipcase.

Price: $295.00

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