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Author: Ross, John
Title: Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross... and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole
Place Published: London
Publisher:A.W. Webster
Date Published: 1835
Description:

[8], xxxiii, [1], 740 pp. Illustrated with 20 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece and plan, 3 color mezzotints, and 6 maps, two of which fold out. (4to) 28.3x22.5 cm (11x9"), binding restored with original navy blue cloth over boards, later cloth on spine with original gilt title swatch, rounded edges. First Edition.

"Narrative and scientific results of expedition to Boothia Peninsula in the Victory, and return by sledge, boat, and the Isabella. Expedition was financed by Felix Booth and led by Sir John Ross, with his nephew, James C. Ross, second in command and head naturalist" - Arctic Bib. The expedition survived for four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole. Field lauds the "sumptuous printing which makes every page a picture, has even its luxury enhanced by the splendid steel engravings and lithographs... Everywhere through the narrative is interwoven the records of aboriginal life as it appeared to the explorers...." There was a second, supplementary, volume to the work, considered the appendix, not present here. Arctic Bib. 14866; Field 1321; Hill p.261.

Slight bumps at spine ends, light wear; a few closed tears and splits to chart; minor creasing; very good.