Travel
ROSS, Sir John
Explanation and answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's narrative of a second voyage in the Victory, in search of a North-West passage.
Webster, London [1835]. First edition. 4to., 8pp., neat repair to fore-margin of first page, also ownership inscription to same, original beige printed wrappers, an excellent copy of a fragile survival.
Ross set out on his second voyage in 1829 in the Victory, a small paddle-steamer with boilers fitted by Messrs. Braithwaite and Ericsson. Ross sought an outlet south from Regent's Inlet but was unable to break through the ice and witered in Felix Harbour in 1829-1830. The Victory made little progress south in the following summer and was abandoned in May 1832 beset by ice. Ross attributed the failures largely to the shortcomings of the boilers supplied by Braithwaite, an experienced engineer who had designed the first practical steam fire engine. Ross's criticism led to a series of vituperative exchanges.
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