A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain David Buchan R.N.; 1818; to which is added, a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole. London: Richard Bentley 1843. 8vo (220 x 139 mm). Six plates (two folding), one folding map in pocket at front. Publisher's blind-ruled blue cloth, rebacked in blue buckram. Inside hinges reinforced, tears to both folding plates, the first repaired with tape, blindstamps to plates, title and some pages, title page mostly loose. FIRST EDITION . "Lt. Beechey first served as second-in-command to John Franklin aboard HMS Trent in 1818 when David Buchan in HMS Dorothea and Franklin attempted to sail across the North Pole to Asia, a voyage frustrated by icepack. This book is the standard account, written much later in Beechey's distinguished career" ( Books on Ice 2.11). Beechey accompanied Sir William Parry's expedition in 1819. Hill p 19; Sabin 4349.
A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain David Buchan R.N.; 1818; to which is added, a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole. London: Richard Bentley 1843. 8vo (220 x 139 mm). Six plates (two folding), one folding map in pocket at front. Publisher's blind-ruled blue cloth, rebacked in blue buckram. Inside hinges reinforced, tears to both folding plates, the first repaired with tape, blindstamps to plates, title and some pages, title page mostly loose. FIRST EDITION . "Lt. Beechey first served as second-in-command to John Franklin aboard HMS Trent in 1818 when David Buchan in HMS Dorothea and Franklin attempted to sail across the North Pole to Asia, a voyage frustrated by icepack. This book is the standard account, written much later in Beechey's distinguished career" ( Books on Ice 2.11). Beechey accompanied Sir William Parry's expedition in 1819. Hill p 19; Sabin 4349.
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