Author: PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD
Title: 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 William Edward Parry, R.N. , Commander of the Expedition
Description: London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 310pp. 20 b/w plates (4 fold-out). Twenty plates as called for, including six maps with four folding, and the "General Polar Chart" frontis.. G : in good condition. Front hinge weak. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Some pages slightly browning, especially on pages opposite plates .

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