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BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1831 Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait. 2 vols. in one.
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom. 23 engraved plates; 3 maps, 2 of them folding. 2 volumes in one. 4to, 19th-century 1/2 morocco gilt with anchor device in spine compartments, spine ends and joints rubbed; engraved matter variously foxed and dampstained, half-titles lacking. Henry Marquand bookplate. London, 1831
- Notes: first edition. The Blossom was dispatched to the Bering Strait by the Admiralty as a relief ship for the Parry and Franklin expeditions, though it did not rendezvous with either. Beechey''s account is notable for its descriptions of the northwest coast of Alaska as well as for content relating to Pitcairn Island, Hawaii, and California. Arctic Bibliography 1228; Forbes 774; Hill 93; Howes B309; Lande 944.
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