Description:
Kotzebue, Otto von (1787-1846) Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in Search of a North-east Passage. London: for Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1821. First edition, earliest issue, octavo, with the eight plates uncolored, four folding maps, two parts in one volume, unopened, untrimmed, bound in the original marbled boards with new red morocco spine and corners, 9 x 5 1/2 in.
Kotzebue rounded Cape Horn, putting in at Chile, Easter Island, the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, and following the Pacific North American Coast northward in search of a northwest passage. The first scientific account of the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is published here, along with information about Native Americans, missionaries, and natural history.
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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