The Life, Voyages and Travels of Capt. John Myers, Detailing his Adventures During Four Voyages Round the World

John Myers

London : Longman, Hurst, Rees and co.; John Bolster, Cork, 1817

Rare 1st edition. Housed in custom clam shell case. Hardcover. Rebacked. Scattered staining. Collated.  [3], 410 pp. Lacking [ii] blank (after title); {v-viii] of the preface; [x] blank and the list of subscribers. Early signature of Frederick Freeman. Page 195-96 has a defect with minor loss to a few words of text. Page 387-88 was bound in backwards. 

An Irish sailor's account of voyages to Australia and New Zealand, India and Japan, and to the American Northwest coast for furs. Myers sailed on the Jane in company with Capt. Broughton and the Chatham. They cruised the Queen Charlotte Islands and made a stay at Nootka and Cook Inlet. In 1797 and 1801 he visited Port Jackson.  Sabin 51631; Howes M933; Hill 1213; Ferguson 686; Forbes 469; Howes W993 Lada-Mocarski 73.