PHIPPS CONSTANTINE JOHN A Voyage Towards the North Pole

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PHIPPS, CONSTANTINE JOHN. A Voyage Towards the North Pole. 3 maps, 12 plates, folding tables. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, nicely rebacked retaining the original spine label; minor foxing and offsetting. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774

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first edition. Sailing on the ships Racehouse and Carcass in 1773, Phipps attempted to navigate toward the North Pole under the theory that open sea water would not freeze. Although blocked by pack ice north of Spitsbergen, the expedition set a record reaching 80º48'N. "The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear"--Hill 1351; Books on Ice 1.10; Sabin 62572; Barrow, pages 303-11.

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