Author

TURNBULL, John.

Title

A voyage round the world in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804;
in which the author visited the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the English settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island.

Published, Date

Richard Phillips, London,1805.

Description

First edition. 3 volumes, 8vo., occasional foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked.

Note

Turnbull set out on a speculative expedition aboard the Margaret, intent on taking advantage of the fur trade on the American northwest coast. Turnbull was the business manager of the expedition. Sailing to Sydney via the Cape of Good Hope, Turnbull travelled on the Hawaii. "Contains interesting comments on Kamehameha's "Brick Palace" built by Botany Bay men at that village" (Forbes). At the Tuamotu Archipelago Turnbull discovered three islands, one of which he named after his publisher, Phillips.

References

Forbes 367; Hill 1725; Ferguson 421.

Stock Number

80404