CAMPBELL, Archibald (1787-1821)

Lot 133
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Lot 133 | CAMPBELL, Archibald (1787-1821)
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CAMPBELL, Archibald (1787-1821)

A Voyage round the World, from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich Islands, were visited... With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands, and a vocabulary of their language. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable et al, 1816.

The first edition of this Pacific voyage to China and Japan, edited by James Smith to benefit Campbell who had returned to his native country in April 1812 having lost both his feet to frostbite following shipwreck on the Eclipse and a journey in a long boat along the coast of Alaska to Kodiak (see preface). Campbell was sent to Hawaii to recover from his injuries, and lived there from January 1809 to March 1810. 'The author lived among the chiefs and then with Isaac Davis [...] His keen firsthand observations on the social structure and agricultural practices of Hawaiians are of great importance' (Forbes). Forbes 448; Hill 244; Howes C-88; Lada-Mocarski 71; Sabin 10210.



Octavo (211 x 129mm). Half-title, engraved folding map with ship's track in red ink (variable light scattered spotting throughout, a fraction heavier towards end). Contemporary half calf (extremities fractionally rubbed, head of spine partially soiled). Provenance: Augustin Edwards (library booklabel).

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