Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, in His majesty's ships Hecla, Griper and Fury, under the orders of Capt. W.E. parry, ... Five volumes ...
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1828
Materials
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3225694.5
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.5, plates : ill. ; 15cm (16mo). Pencil figure calculations on rear endpapers. Provenance: inscribed: "Ashto Mosley, Berniston House, Darbyshire" [sic, i.e. Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley (1792-1875), grandfather of Col. Godfrey Mosley (1863-1945) who married Hilda Harpur Crewe in 1918; Burnaston House, Etwall, Derby]. Inscription erased from pastedown. Binding: publisher's red cloth, printed paper spine label.
Makers and roles
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855) , author