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BARROW, JOHN, Sir. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. 1818
BARROW, JOHN, Sir. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. Folding engraved frontispiece map; 3 woodcut illustrations at end. 8vo, original boards with paper lettering piece, spine chipped at top, joints starting at either end; scattered minor foxing, map lightly offset, small ink blot in blank lower margin of title; uncut. London, 1818
- Notes: 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. Lada-Mocarski 76.
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