An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage.
Contributors: Drage, Theodorus Swaine, ca. 1712-1774.; Smith, Francis, captain of the ship California.
Publisher: S. R. Publishers; Johnson Reprint Corp.
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [East Ardsley, Wakefield, Eng.]; [New York]
Language: eng
Subjects: California (Ship); Northwest Passage
Notes: Reprint of the 1748-49 ed.

Charles Swaine was clerk of the California, according to a license issued by Samuel Ogle, governor of Maryland, dated Nov. 3, 1750, and a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Coldan, dated Feb. 28, 1753. cf. Notes and queries, London, Nov. 6, 1943, p. 284-285.  Theodorus Swaine Drage also has been named the clerk of the California. cf. Barrow, Sir John, bart.  A chronological history of voyages...  London, 1818, p. 257.