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
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 3053947
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xvi,310,[2],clxxix, [1] p., plates : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 4to. Bound with The North Georgia gazette (1821). Provenance: nineteenth-century round seal bookplate: "Thomae Bowater Vernon Arma" [i.e. Thomas Bowater Vernon (1832-1859)]; also inscribed on titlepage: TB Vernon. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper over boards; rebacked, nineteenth-century, with gold tooled ship motif.
Makers and roles
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)