An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America: Containing a Description of Their Lakes and Rivers, the Nature of the Soil and Climates, and Their Methods of Commerce, &C. Shewing the Benefit to Be Made by Settling Colonies, and Opening a Trade in These Parts; Whereby the French Will Be Deprived in a Great Measure of Their Traffick in Furs, and the Communication Between Canada and Mississippi Be Cut Off. With an Abstract of Captain Middleton's Journal, and Observations upon His Behaviour During His Voyage, and Since His Return. To Which Are Added,. The Whole Intended to Shew the Great Probability of a North-West Passage,.

Dobbs, Arthur

Published by London Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion in Ludgate-Street 1744 First Edition, 1744

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Quarto ( 27 X 21.2 cm.) Bound in full speckled calf. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. Red morocco label. Flat spine with 5 ruled lines. Corners bumped and boards with old rubbing. Original endpapers. 18th century bookplate on front pastedown. Edges dyed yellow. Folding map and decorative chapter heading and endings. Generally very clean with a bit of foxing on the preliminary and last leaves. Howes D-373, Lande 1144, Peel 8, TPL 193, NMM 796, Streeter 3637. Hill p.84- "This book was published in the midst of a controversy between Dobbs and Christopher Middleton; the latter had been sent out by the former to search for a Northwest Passage but had failed. Dobbs was convinced that there was such a passage and charged Middleton with collusion with the Hudson's Bay Company to prevent the successful exploration of two or three inlets in the western part of Hudson Bay." This is the most common title in the whole Dobbs/Middleton pamphlet war. Still a very uncommon book in today's marketplace. Seller Inventory # 143075

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Title: An Account of the Countries Adjoining to ...

Publisher: London Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion in Ludgate-Street 1744 First Edition

Publication Date: 1744

Binding: Hardcover