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Title A Voyage towards the North Pole |
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Published, Date I. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, II. Printed for B. White; and P. Elmsley, London1774. |
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Description 4to., viii, 253 [i] (directions to binder) pp., 12 double-page engraved plates, 3 engraved folding maps and 11 folding tables Contemporary calf gilt, morocco label. Provenance: Earl of Devon, Powderham Castle (gilt armorial to upper cover, pencilled library marks). |
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Note The official account: the first edition in a beautiful copy with noble provenance. "This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical obsevations. The voyage is perhaps better remembered for the presence of a young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear" (Hill). |
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References Books on Ice, 1.10; Hill, 207. |
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Stock Number 82387 |
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