VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH WITHIN THE ARCTIC REGIONS, FROM THE YEAR 1818 TO THE PRESENT TIME: UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE SEVERAL NAVAL OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY SEA AND LAND IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC; WITH TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. ABRIDGED AND ARRANGED FROM THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVES, WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS
Barrow, John
Published by John Murray, London, 1846
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xiv,530pp. plus two maps (one folding) and sixteen pages of advertisements. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated blue cloth, spine gilt. Slightly cocked, cloth rubbed, corners bumped and worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, light offsetting from frontispiece to titlepage. Text block cracked, one signature sprung. Good. First edition of this study of early 19th- century Arctic explorations. "Contains a detailed account of the principal British expeditions into the North American Arctic (also to Svalbard), from that of Ross in 1818 to those of Back and Simpson, 1836-39; their scientific achievements, and contribution towards a discovery of a Northwest Passage. The final chapter includes criticism of Sir John Ross' second voyage 1829-33, to which Ross replied in his OBSERVATIONS ON A WORK.BY SIR JOHN BARROW (1846)" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. This copy has ads at the rear dated 1850, but is in the regular publisher's binding. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 1096. TPL 7825. SABIN 3669. Seller Inventory # WRCAM30041
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Title: VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH WITHIN THE...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1846
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