Buy this book on-line Etches, Richard Cadman : Four Letters from Richard Cadman Etches to Sir Joseph Banks, 1788-92
Pages 125-139; stapled. Reprinted from BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL QUATERLY, VI (April 1942). Richard Etches was the head of a London trading firm which formed the King George's sound Company during the 1780s to exploit the Maritime Fur Trade as a way to break the East India Company's monopoly of the China Trade. His ships were 'King George' under Nathaniel Portlock and the 'Queen Charlotte' under George Dixon. Though he blames Dixon and Portlock for the failure of the company, it was the failure to gain trading rights in China for goods that caused the failure. The letters are addressed to Sir Joseph Banks who played a background role in the British ventures into the Pacific Ocean at the end of the 18th century. Fine clean copy.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Etches, Richard Cadman : Four Letters from Richard Cadman Etches to Sir Joseph Banks, 1788-92. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, livres rares, out of print books, rare books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |