[Exploration] Beechey, Captain Frederick W. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S. &c. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1832. First American Edition. 8vo. xi, 493, pp. Later quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt."Beechey's book is one of the most valuable of modern voyages and relates extensive visits to Pitcairn Island, Easter Island, the Tuamotu Archipeligo, the Society Islands, the Mangareva (Gambier) Islands, and Tahiti, Alsaka, Hawaii, Macoa, Okinawa, and the coast of California. [and] provides an important account of Monterey and San Francisco before the American conquest." (Hill). "One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California, etc." (Sabin). "Captain Beechey and Sir John Franklin had arrived within fifty leagues of each other, when the latter was compelled by the weather to return. One of the most valuable of modern voyages, containing a most interesting visit to Pitcairn's Island, the coast of California, etc." (Howes). Arctic Bibliography 1229: Hill 94; Howes B302; Sabin 4347; Borba de Moraes 94.Condition: Foxing, minor toning.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.