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ROSS, JOHN, Sir. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the Orders of the Admiralty . . . for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay. 1819

ROSS, JOHN, Sir. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the Orders of the Admiralty . . . for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. 25 engraved or aquatint plates, including 14 hand-colored; 3 folding maps; 3 folding engraved meteorological tables preceded by engraved plate of explanatory text. Errata slip. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked; occasional light offsetting from plates, hole repaired in last leaf of appendix not affecting text. London, 1819

  • Notes: first edition of Ross''s account of his first expedition, which confirmed the earlier discoveries of Bylot and Baffin, made important scientific observations, and encountered the previously unknown group of natives he referred to as "Arctic Highlanders" (i. e., Eskimos). Though sharply criticized by John Barrow and others for failing to probe deeper into Lancaster Sound, "in effect Ross began a new era in Arctic research"--Books on Ice 2.5. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; Lande 1425.
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