Title continues: "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." Narrative of a private expedition sponsored by philanthropic gin distiller Felix Booth, under the command of Sir John Ross, sent to discover a northwest passage by way of Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet. With his nephew, James Clark Ross, as second-in-command, Ross made his way to Boothia Peninsula in the "Victory" before becoming closed in by ice. He and his crew returned by sledge, boat and the whaler "Isabella." In 1831, James became the first European at the Magnetic North Pole. The plates portray Inuit costume and life but also include three colour mezzotints showing the polar night sky. An interesting narrative of human endurance triumphing over danger and suffering. The men returned to Britain just as a rescue expedition was being organized to search for them.
