(ARCTIC) Ross John A Voyage of Discovery for the Purpose

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(ARCTIC.) Ross, John. A Voyage of Discovery . . . for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. 3 folding maps, 25 plates (including 15 hand-colored), 3 folding tables preceded by an engraved leaf of explanatory text. [4], xxxix, [1], 252, [2], cxliv pages. 4to, modern 1/2 morocco; minor offsetting and foxing to a few leaves; uncut, errata slip bound in. London, 1819

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first edition of Ross's account of his first expedition, which confirmed the earlier discoveries of Bylot and Baffin, made important scientific observations, and encountered the previously unknown group of natives he described as "Arctic Highlanders" (i.e., Eskimos). Though sharply criticized by John Barrow and others for failing to probe deeper into Lancaster Sound, "in effect Ross began a new era in Arctic research"--Books on Ice 2.5. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Books on Ice 2.5; Hill 1488; Lande 1425; Sabin 73376; TPL 1152. Provenance: Christie's New York's Viscount Eccles sale, 18 November 1983, lot 248.