Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition

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Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from Atlantic to Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition

PARRY, William Edward

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Fold- out maps: 1. General Polar Chart, showing the Track of H.M. Ships Helca & Griper from the Orkneys to Melville Island North Georgia. 2. Chart of the Discoveries. 3. Chart of Part of the Western Coast of Baffin’s Bay. Single page maps. 1. Survey of Port Bowen 1819. 2. Survey of Winter Harbour Mellville Island June 1820. (some foxing to edges). 3. Plan of the Inlet called The River Clyde West Coast of Baffins Bay 1820. 14 engraved plates. Stains to first plate, mainly in margins. Two marks on plate opposite p. 122. Appendices: 1. An account of the going of the chronometers of the Helca and Griper 2. Lunar observations. 3. Observations to determine the latitude and longitude by chronometers. 4. Abstract of observations on the dip of the horizon at sea, with Dr. Wollaston’s Dip Sector, in 1819 and 1820. 5. Magnetic observations. 6. Table of day’s work kept on board the Helca. 7. Tide table in Winter Harbour, Melville Island. 8. An account of experiments to determine the acceleration of the pendulum in different latitudes. 9. Remarks on the state of health and disease on board the Helca and Griper. A supplement to the appendix was published by Murray in 1824. Arctic Bib. 13145.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: John Murray
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 1821
  • Place Published: London
  • ISBN: n/a

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  • Condition: Very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
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  • Details:
    Second edition (see references below). More accurately, this is the second issue. [8], xxix, 310, clxxix p. 28 cm. Tables of astronomical observations. Half leather with marbled paper boards, matching endpapers and (faded) text block edges. Front hinge repaired internally. Bookplate for Hon. T. Kenyon, Pradoe, Salop, on front pastedown. Occasional foxing. No errata slip or portrait of Parry.

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