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BARROW, JOHN. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. Folding map, 3 illustrations. 8vo, modern antique-style 1/2 calf over marbled paper boards; short repaired tear to the map. London: John Murray, 1818
first edition. 'From his influential position as second secretary of the Admiralty, John Barrow was the major nineteenth-century proponent of Arctic research . . . Barrow's Chronological History was the cornerstone of his campaign for renewed Arctic exploration. With his power to appoint officers for such ventures, he was able to send thirteen expeditions to the North over the next thirty years"--Books on Ice 2.4; Sabin 3660; Lada-Mocarski 76. with--The 1971 reprint.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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