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ELLIS, HENRY. A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay... for Discovering a North-West Passage. Engraved folding map, 9 plates (5 folding). 8vo, contemporary calf,
ELLIS, HENRY. A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay... for Discovering a North-West Passage. Engraved folding map, 9 plates (5 folding). 8vo, contemporary calf, nicely rebacked; scattered light finger soiling, very light browning to the map. London, 1748
- Notes: first edition. "The first part contains a synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest Passage, a history of the rise of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the discovery attempted from New England. The second part gives an account of the voyage... which proved, finally, the non-existence of a Northwest Passage from Hudson's Bay"--Hill, page 94; Sabin 22312.
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