TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY The Journal of Lt. George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom 1825-1828. by Gough, Barry M., editor - 1973

Cambridge UP for Hakluyt Society. Second Series, 1973 #143. Hard Cover. 272 p., index, plates incl. folding map. ‘The importance of the Northwest Passage in the history of European and especially British expansion is well known. …Peard’s journal of the voyage of Captain Frederick William Beechey, R.N. [1796-1856], and H.M.S. Blossom to the Pacific and Arctic in 1825-8 is a lucid account of one of the most comprehensive British naval voyages to the Pacific since the days of Cook, Vancouver, and Broughton. The Blossom made her way via Cape Horn to the Pacific, called at various places within the Pacific rim, and searched in vain for the expeditions of Captain William Edward Parry and John Franklin, expected at Bering Strait. George Peard, the first lieutenant of the Blossom, gives detailed descriptions of the places visited and the inhabitants, among them Pitcairn… Read More

Cambridge: Hakluyt. As new in As new dustjacket, hardback 8vo. 1973. 1st edition. ISBN 0 521 20079 2 .

Cambridge University Press, 1973 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise these a tight, unmarked volume. Index. x, 272 pp..

The Hakluyt Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No edition stated. Series 2 NO. 143. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There is minor foxing on the block of the book. The text within the book is clear. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. 1973. (The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 143). 272pp, frontispiece, 3 plates, 1 fldg. map, Cambridge 1973. Fine in fine DW .

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of HMS Blossom 1825-1828. Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1973. 272 pages, clothbound, no jacket, very good condition. .

London, Hakluyt/CUP 1973.. x+272pp. 8vo. Frontis. and large folding map. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a very good copy.. Second series, volume 143.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Series II, volume 143. B/w frontis and folding map. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Neat ink name to the front endpaper. Dust jacket with nicks at the corners and light edge creasing but overall a near fine copy.

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Routledge, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1973 first edition hardback in fine condition. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, flawless blue cloth boards, almost like new. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with minimal shelf wear. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.