Author: THROWER, NORMAN J. W; Editor.
Title: The Three Voyages Of Edmond Halley In The Paramore 1698-1701. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volume 156-157.
Description: First Editions; 8vo; Vol I; pp. 392; b/w portrait frontispiece, 14 pages b/w plates, some b/w sketches within text, appendices, bibliography, index; original blue cloth, dustjacket, lettered in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front board, dustjacket scuffed. Vol II; portfolio of maps for Vol I, 3 removable fold out b/w maps, original blue cloth, dustjacket, lettered in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front board, some fading to spine, dustjackets a little chipped, otherwise both very good copies. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1981. Edmond Halley was already a well-known astronomer, mathematician and natural philosopher when, in 1698, he took command of His majesty's Ship 'Paramore'. The purpose of Halley's first two voyages was to test his geomagnetical theories; in the third voyage he investigated tidal phenomena. These voyages, which received royal approval, support from the Navy, and sponsorship by the Royal Society have been regarded as the first sea journeys undertaken for purely scientific purposes.

Keywords: Hakluyt Society maritime journey voyage Edmond Halley Paramore astronomy mathematics philosophy