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SCORESBY, William. Journal Of A Voyage To The Northern Whale-Fishery. Including Researches And Discoveries On The Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made In The Summer Of 1822, In The Ship Baffin Of Liverpool. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., ..., 1823. First edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf, rebacked with a new calf spine, leather label, xliii, 472pp. With two folding maps and six plates. This copy has been professionally rebacked with a dark brown calf spine after the period, bookplate, some foxing but certainly a better than very good copy. Arctic Bib. 15614, Hill 566, Sabin 78171. |
An account of the journey of William Scorseby (Junior) who was trained by his father, also and explorer. The younger Scoresby published two books on the Arctic, "An Account of the Arctic Regions" (1820) and the above title published in 1823. The above is an account of his voyage in which several weeks were spent in whaling and in the exploration of the Scoresby Sound region in a search for Eskimo settlements and for magnetic and other observations. Included are descriptions of ice conditions, physical features, ocean currents and ruins of Eskimo dwellings. (Hill) $1,300.00 |
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