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SCORESBY, WILLIAM. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery. 2 folding maps, 6 engraved plates. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, minor wear; foxing and browning to the maps and plates, repaired tear to one map. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823
first edition. Scoresby's final Arctic voyage on the ship Baffin was to the relatively unknown eastern coast of Greenland in 1822. As weather conditions allowed him to approach close to shore, his chart of that coast, from 69ºN to 75ºN, was the most accurate of the time and included several new discoveries, including Scoresby's Sound which he named in honor of his father (William Scoresby, Sr.). Arctic Bibliography 15614; Hill 1543; Sabin 78171.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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