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.

Parry, William E.

Verlag: John Murray, London, 1821

[8],[1, errata],xxix,[3],310,[2],clxxix,[1]pp. plus six maps (four folding) and fourteen plates. [with:] JOURNAL OF A SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC; PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1821-22-23, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS FURY AND HECLA. London. 1824. [8],xxx,[2],571,[1]pp. plus thirty plates (four folding) and nine maps (four folding). [with:] A SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPENDIX OF CAPTAIN PARRY'S VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, IN THE YEARS 1819-20. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY. London. 1824. [10],[clxxxiii]-cccx pp. plus six engraved plates. [bound with:] [Edward Sabine]: THE NORTH GEORGIA GAZETTE, AND WINTER CHRONICLE. London. 1822. xii,132pp. plus errata slip. [with:] JOURNAL OF A THIRD VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC; PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1824-25 IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND FURY. London. 1826. viii,[1],[2, Directions to Binder leaf],[ix]- xxvii,[1],186,[2],151,[1]pp. plus seven plates (one folding) and four maps (one folding). [with:] NARRATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE NORTH POLE, IN BOATS FITTED FOR THE PURPOSE, AND ATTACHED TO HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP HECLA, IN THE YEAR MDCCCXXVII. London. 1828. xxii,[2],229,[1]pp. plus four plates and three maps (one folding). Five volumes. Four volumes uniformly bound in contemporary calf, gilt extra, spine gilt, rebacked with original spines laid down. SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPENDIX. bound in 19th-century three- quarter calf and cloth boards, spine gilt. Some shelf wear. Contemporary bookplate and modern bookplate on front endpapers, some offsetting from plates and maps, very occasional light foxing and toning. A very good set. A handsome collection of Parry's four voyages in search of the Northwest Passage, each a hallmark of Arctic literature. After standing by while his predecessor and former commander, the irascible John Ross, was lambasted by the Admiralty for turning back too soon during his first voyage to the Arctic, Parry was grateful to inherit command of the next major expedition. Dedicated to both the physical and mental health of his men, Parry succeeded in reaching Melville Island, being the first to penetrate so far into the hypothetical passage. The voyage made Parry a hero in England, where he was promoted to commander, elected to the Royal Society, and presented with numerous awards, all before his thirtieth birthday. This expedition also made some of the first significant botanical collections in the high Arctic. The maps included with the first volume illustrate the eastern Canadian Arctic. No sooner had Parry written the account of his first voyage than he departed on a second, in the spring of 1821. During this voyage he surveyed Repulse Bay, Fury and Hecla Strait, and spent two winters in the Arctic gathering a great mass of scientific information on the region. Upon his return in 1823 more honors awaited him, and he was promoted to captain. The second voyage yielded the most data from an ethnographic standpoint, and the present account includes numerous plates of Eskimos after original artwork by George F. Lyon, while the text includes an Eskimo vocabulary. Again the Arctic beckoned Parry, and he departed for his third and final attempt at discovering a northwest passage in May of 1824. Adamant about exploring Prince Regent Inlet beyond the previous record established during his first voyage, Parry worked the Fury and Hecla through extreme ice conditions which, ultimately, forced the abandonment of the former. The frontispiece illustration of that calamity is one of the most striking Arctic images. As with the previous two voyages, Parry's third narrative is replete with extensive natural and ethnographic data. Parry's fourth voyage took place in 1827, following three attempts to discover a northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific made between 1818 and 1825. During the North Pole expedition he established a new northern r. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM54171

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Titel: JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A ...
Verlag: John Murray, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1821