Title: Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817 Author: O'Reilly, Bernard Place: New York Publisher: James Eastburn and Co. Date: 1818 Description: viii, 251 pp. 3 folding maps, including frontispiece. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") modern cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. First American Edition. Based on observations made by the author while on a whaling ship in 1817. O'Reilly was the ship's doctor, and provides extended accounts of conditions in the Arctic and the quest for the Northwest Passage. Apparently, much of the information was gleaned (without acknowledgement) from others, such as Sir Charles L.M. Giesecke. Sabin 57576; Hill 1263. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing throughout, otherwise an untrimmed copy in a fine modern binding. Item number: 282664
Title: Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817 Author: O'Reilly, Bernard Place: New York Publisher: James Eastburn and Co. Date: 1818 Description: viii, 251 pp. 3 folding maps, including frontispiece. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") modern cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. First American Edition. Based on observations made by the author while on a whaling ship in 1817. O'Reilly was the ship's doctor, and provides extended accounts of conditions in the Arctic and the quest for the Northwest Passage. Apparently, much of the information was gleaned (without acknowledgement) from others, such as Sir Charles L.M. Giesecke. Sabin 57576; Hill 1263. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing throughout, otherwise an untrimmed copy in a fine modern binding. Item number: 282664
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