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Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage From the Atlantic

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper Under the Orders of William Edward Perry, R.N., F.R.S., And Commander of the Expedition. Hardcover - 1831

by PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD

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London: John Murray, 1831. Book. Illus. by W. Westell. Very Good. Half Leather. Second Edition. Quarto. Half red leather, gilt with raised bands, sunned and dampstained, but it has not penetrated, but holding together remarkably well. Gilt edges with criss cross design. Binding tight with marbled endpapers. Ownership signature on the title page, along with small second owner's name stamped. Normal occasional spotting, as often occurs with a book this age. Four fold-out maps, one at the front, others opposite p. 29, p. 271, and p. 289, showing the route taken, along with some assumptions based upon the reports of other mapmakers. Third fold-out map torn, but all parts present.Two other maps, nine illustrations (page protectors present opposite p. 11, 282), and five side-views of the terrain tipped in. Book is complete. Details the travels of two ships in their explorations as far as Melville Island before their progress was halted by ice..
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