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Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. By Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &C. &C. Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the Reports of Commander, Now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &C. And the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. [With] Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search...
by Ross, John
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London: A. W. Webster, 1835. xxxiii,(1)740;xii,120,cxliv,cii,(1) pp. Quarto.(26 X 33.5 cm.) Large paper copy. Bound in the original moire patterned blue cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge dust soiled. Corners renewed. Top of spine a bit bumped. Original patterned endpapers with bookplate removed from front pastedown. Narrative volume: 25 plates (9 handcoloured) and five charts (2 folding including large folding coloured map at end) Appendix volume: steel engraved portrait of Ross (frontispiece) and 19 plates (12 handcoloured). Bound in blue moire boards. Gilt title on spine to match first volume. A bit bumped and rubbed. Overall a nice clean untrimmed copy in original binding, with only occasional minor foxing and with the original plate tissues. AB 14866. Narrative and scientific results of a private expedition sponsored by Felix Booth under Sir John Ross to discover a northwest passage by way of Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet. He made his way to Boothia Peninsula in the 'Victory' and returned by sledge, boat and the 'Isabella.' The appendix has an extensive list of subscribers. A nice matched set with Appendix volume being a slightly different shade of blue. Very difficult to get a matched set in the original cloth and in large paper. Ross's narrative certainly was a best seller in its day and is probably the most common title one can find from the Golden age of Arctic Exploration. 1835
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- Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. By Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &C. &C. Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the Reports of Commander, Now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &C. And the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. [With] Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search...
- Author
- Ross, John
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- Used
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. W. Webster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- northwest passage|magnetic pole|James clark Ross
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