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PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD, Sir. Group of 4 volumes comprising 1st editions of his 4 voyages, with supplementary material. 1821-28
PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD, Sir. Group of 4 volumes comprising First Editions of his four Voyages, the separately-issued Supplement to the Appendix for the First Voyage, the North Georgia Gazette, and the Appendix to the Second Voyage. Together, 7 volumes in 4. 4to, uniform contemporary tree calf, rebacked; varying offsetting from and/or on engraved matter, mostly marginal foxing on some plates. London, 1821-28
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Notes: volume 1: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty''s Ships Hecla and Griper. 14 plates comprising 9 uncolored aquatints and 5 etchings; 6 engraved maps. Errata slip; lacks final ad leaf. London, 1821. Arctic Bibliography 13145; Books on Ice 2.8; Hill 1311.
volume 2: Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty''s Ships Fury and Hecla.30 engraved or etched plates; 9 engraved maps. London, 1824. Arctic Bibliography 13142; Hill 1312.
volume 3: Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, performed in the Years 1824-25, in His Majesty''s Ships Hecla and Fury. 7 engraved or etched plates; 4 engraved maps. London, 1826. Arctic Bibliography 13144. bound with: Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole. 4 engraved or etched plates; 3 engraved maps. Occasional light marginal dampstaining on text leaves, some foxing on title, map of Spitsbergen toned and foxed. London, 1828. Arctic Bibliography 13146.
volume 4: A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry''s Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History. 6 engraved plates (bound at end of volume). London, 1824. Arctic Bibliography 13145 note. bound with: The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle. Errata slip at end. London, 1821. "Weekly newspaper . . . written by members of the Parry Expedition, 1819-20, at their winter quarters, Winter Harbour, Melville Island, circulated there in manuscript and published after the expedition''s return to London"--Arctic Bibliography 12547. and: Appendix to Captain Parry''s Journal of a Second Voyage. 2 plates; tables including 2 folding. London, 1825. Arctic Bibliography 13142.
Parry''s five Arctic voyages--the first in 1818 under Ross and the above four under his own command--established a number of firsts: crossing 110ºW; discovering what would prove to be the entrance to the Northwest Passage (and navigating a good portion of it); sailing through Frozen Strait; and, in his final voyage, attaining a record highest northern latitude. Though he failed to achieve his goals of discovering the Northwest Passage and reaching the North Pole, Parry nevertheless contributed greatly to Arctic exploration and to the knowledge of Eskimo language and culture. - Condition: All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries'' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.
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