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Women Suffrage CookbookABAA

Women Suffrage Cookbook: Virginia Cookery Book published by Virginia League of Women Voters 1921

COOK JamesABAA

Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and N.E. Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 & 1779

1784271442London: James Cook 1784. unbound. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 27.25". This important and scarce 1784 map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. The map is from the first edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted in detail with depth soundings noted along the route. Several Capes islands and bays are labeled. This map is among the first to accurately map the coastlines of the region. It was during this voyage that Cook encountered an 'impenetrable wall of ice' in the Arctic as he searched for the Northwest Passage thus putting to rest the hopes for the discovery of an Arctic Northwest Passage. Map was engraved by T. Harmer for the official account of Cook's voyages. The map is in fair condition. Right margin is extended and filled in. Minor loss near bottom margin not affecting printed area. Shows wear along original fold lines. Minor foxing. Verso repair near top left. Lined with archival paper. Captain Cook 1728 -1779 was among the most famous and important explorer navigator cartographer and captain of his time whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766 he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica his discovery of many Polynesian islands including the Hawaiian Islands first European contact with east Australia the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest. James Cook unknown books

Argosy Book Store · États-Unis875,00 $US≈ 740,34 €

Cook CE. C. E.ABAA

Alaska Fishing and Development Company Letters

020033Very Good. A collection of letters from the vice president of the Alaska Fishing and Development Company written to his endearing wife. This collection includes 38 letters from Clair Cook C. E. Cook to his wife Ella Cook plus 6 letters addressed to "Ella" or "Sister" from various family members. Letters are on sheets measuring 6" x 9 ¼" or 8" x 10"; two letters are typed the rest are ALS. All are dated between 1904 and 1905. 16 on Alaska Fishing and Development Company letterhead; 18 on Hotel Donnelly Tacoma Washington letterhead; 1 on American Fish Company letterhead; 1 on St. Helena Sanitarium letterhead; the remaining letters are on plain sheets. Overall very good with light toning and foxing and a few letters have minor chipping along edges not affecting content. About 16 of the letters mention Clair's business dealings most are vague and discuss his travel plans and limited to a few lines. But 7 or 8 of these letters go into detail about the ships used in the business tonnage of fish caught and market prices and the company's stock. In a letter written from Pleasant Bay Alaska on June 2 1904 Clair writes of 10 tons of Halibut ready for market; June 19th 1905 he writes about a visit from "Mr. Stroud" the president and general manager of the company and also about the selling and buying of shares in the company stock; and on May 27th 1905 he writes of the Treadwell Mines in Alaska sending ore to a smelter likely in Tacoma WA. On June 28th 1905 Clair writes "We got up steam and pumped the water out of the ship today trimmed the ship and secured cargo so it would not slide while crossing Queen Charlotte Sound; it sometimes gets a little rough there" All of the letters written by Clair show his incredible devotion to wife. Each letter starts with "Dearest little wife" "Darling precious wife" or "Darling loyal heart" and are filled with Clair's exclaims of ardent love the pains of separation and his wish to be home with his wife and little daughter in California. Although the letters mostly discuss love for his wife the timing of the letters is important. Written just after the Klondike Gold Rush 1896-1900 and when commercial fishing and canneries were becoming increasingly popular along the Alaskan coast these letters demonstrate an interesting perspective of the development of the last frontier. The details of daily life of an officer of a growing fishing company the attractive letterhead and the quantity of letters make this collection important to researchers and historians of American fisheries and the Alaska Territory. . unknown books

Back of Beyond Books, ABAA · États-Unis1 200,00 $US≈ 1 015,32 €