BEECHEY FREDERICK WILLIAM A Voyage of Discovery towards the

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BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole Performed in his Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent. Folding map, 6 plates. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear; minor chips along the right side of the folding maps, else a clean copy; early owner's gift inscription on the front blank, early owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper. London: Richard Bentley, 1843

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first edition. Under the command of David Buchan on the HMS Dorothea and John Franklin on the HMS Trent, this futile 1818 expedition attempted to sail across the Arctic Ocean -- the last such attempt by the Royal Navy. Beechey served as second-in-command under Franklin. Although written 25 years after the voyage, it is the only firsthand account of the expedition. Arctic Bibliography 1230; Sabin 4349; TPL 1132; Books on Ice 2.11; Hill 97.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.