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New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Abridged and arranged from the official narratives...". Sold as a good reading copy only. Duodecimo, 7" tall, xii + 359 pages, 1 map plate, decorated brown cloth, gilt spine titles. With significant exterior wear to all edges, chipping and fraying at the back strip and fore-corners, BUT most significantly, moisture stains evident to the endpapers and approximately half the pages but all text remains clear, interior paper moderately foxed, hinges cracked but secure, binding sturdy.
Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time by BARROW, Sir John - 1846
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. First American Edition. Cloth. Good. 359, 8 p. 19 cm. Folding map at front. Map page 12. Text illustration p. 163. Cloth hardcover with gold and blank impressing. Rebacked with original spine reapplied. Foxing.
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 a contribution towards discovery of a Northwest Passage. The final chapter includes criticism of Sir John Ross' second voyage 1829-33. Arctic Bibliography 1096.
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 a contribution towards discovery of a Northwest Passage. The final chapter includes criticism of Sir John Ross' second voyage 1829-33. Arctic Bibliography 1096.
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- Keywords Voyages, Travel, Exploration, Discovery, Arctic, Northwest Passage, Baffin's Bay, Lancaster Sound, North Pole, Spitzbergen, ships, sailing, Regent's Inlet, Barrow's Strait, Melville Island, Greenland, Hammerfest, Drontheim, Copper Mine River,
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1846. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 14-359, [1], [1]-8 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Publisher's brown cloth with borders and leafy decorations in blind on each board, a gilt device on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a folding map and a plate. Completing the title page: "Under the command of the several naval officers employed by sea and land in search of a Northwest 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. Arctic Bibliography 1096. A history of the major British expeditions to the Arctic region near North America. A bookplate on the front pastedown and a stamp on the title page, several chips to the title page.
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