(ARCTIC) Parry William Edward Narrative of an Attempt to Rea

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(ARCTIC.) Parry, William Edward. Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole. 3 maps, 4 plates. xxii, [2], 229, [1] pages. 4to, early calf, worn, rebacked; intermittent foxing; William Smith and Edinger bookplates on front endpapers. London, 1828

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In this expedition, Parry did not reach the North Pole, but he did set a Farthest North record which endured for nearly half a century. This was his final Arctic expedition. Arctic Bibliography 13146; TPL 1452.