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, under the orders of William Edward Parry, ... and commander of the expedition. With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations. Published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3053944
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xvi,310,[2],clxxix,[1]p., front., plates . ill., maps . 4to. Bookseller's ticket on pastedown: Sold by F. & J. Hoitt, 9, Upper Berkeley St., Portman Sqre. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Mary Dorothea Phillips [i.e. Mary Dorothea Phillips, wife of Nathaniel Phillips, of Slebech, Pembrokeshire (1730-1813), mother of Louisa Catherine, Lady Lichfield]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; triple gold fillet border; gold tooled spine; gole lettered spine label: Parry's voyage.
Makers and roles
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)