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Title: A voyage round the world; but more particularly to the north- west coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon
Year: 1789 (1780s)
Authors: Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817. cn
Subjects: King George (Ship) Queen Charlotte (Ship) Voyages around the world
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Stockdale, and G. Goulding
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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