(ARCTIC) Parry William Edward Sir Journal of a Voyage for th

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(ARCTIC.) Parry, William Edward, Sir. Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 6 maps, 14 plates. 4to, later 1/2 morocco, moderate wear; intermittent foxing on plates, some offsetting onto facing pages, minimal dampstaining; uncut, with errata slip and May 1821 ad leaf. London, 1821

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first edition of Parry's account of the first of 3 expeditions led by him in search of a Northwest Passage. "The immediate achievements of these voyages were the charting of hundreds of miles of coastline in the Canadian Arctic archipelago and the collecting of valuable data on Arctic natural history"--Hill 1311. Does not include the 1824 supplement volume. Sabin 58860; TPL 1205.