Voyages.- Dixon (Capt. George) Voyage autour du Monde, et principalement a la Cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique, half-title, 22 engraved maps and plates, many folding, occasional foxing, some browning along plate folds, early 19th century tree calf, spine gilt, head chipped, {Sabin 64391], 4to, Paris, 1789.
⁂ Both Portlock and Dixon had previously sailed with Cook on his third voyage. This work, translated from the English by Lebas, describes their voyage to the northwest coast of America on behalf of the King George's Sound Company, ostensibly to set up a fur-trading business. They succeeded, however, in a more detailed exploration and mapping of the coast and improving on Cook's charts of the region. Their two ships separated and sailed independently for most of the expedition, Portlock exploring north along the Alaskan coast, Dixon sailing south to Nootka Sound where he discovered Queen Charlotte Island, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay, as well as Dixon Entrance and Archipelago.