PARRY, William Edward. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST 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… R.N., F.R.S., AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, MDCCCXXI. (1821) In 4º de 26x21 cm. com [viii], xxix, [ii], 310, [ii], clxxix pags. Encadernação inteira de chagrim verde com ferros a ouro na lombada. Exemplar dourado por folhas à cabeça. Ilustrado com 16 gravuras com vistas e 4 mapas desdobráveis. Illustrated with 16 engraved plates of views and 4 folding charts. Binding: bound in xx century full calf gilt. Small white stamp to title. First travel of the Parry"s three voyages in search of the North-west Passage. Parry did not get as far as the Bering Straits in his expedition, but he reached Melville Island, a point which even 75 years later, with the aid of steam, had not been passed. It was not until 1852 that McClure, coming from the opposite direction, and reaching a point on the north of Banks Land, which Parry had seen and named, was able to connect the two positions by passing on foot across ice, showing positively that the North West Passage was not blocked by land. The second and third voyages were not as successful as the first, but the second voyage contains important information on Eskimo life, and the third voyage collected additional scientific information about the Arctic region of North America. Parry"s fourth voyage was important for its use of sledge-boats in attempting to reach the North Pole via Spitzbergen, as recommended by William Scoresby, Jr. Rather than use dogs Parry experimented with reindeer, only to find them unable to move his very heavy sleddge boats across difficult ice. Sabin 558860.
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Illustrated with 16 engraved plates of views and 4 folding charts. Binding: bound in xx century full calf gilt. Small white stamp to title. First travel of the Parry"s three voyages in search of the North-west Passage. Parry did not get as far as the Bering Straits in his expedition, but he reached Melville Island, a point which even 75 years later, with the aid of steam, had not been passed. It was not until 1852 that McClure, coming from the opposite direction, and reaching a point on the north of Banks Land, which Parry had seen and named, was able to connect the two positions by passing on foot across ice, showing positively that the North West Passage was not blocked by land. The second and third voyages were not as successful as the first, but the second voyage contains important information on Eskimo life, and the third voyage collected additional scientific information about the Arctic region of North America. Parry"s fourth voyage was important for its use of sledge-boats in attempting to reach the North Pole via Spitzbergen, as recommended by William Scoresby, Jr. Rather than use dogs Parry experimented with reindeer, only to find them unable to move his very heavy sleddge boats across difficult ice. Sabin 558860.
