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The last voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, Knt. R.N., to the Arctic regions
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The last voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, Knt. R.N., to the Arctic regions : for the discovery of a north west passage, performed in the years 1829-30-31-32 and 33 : to which is prefixed an abridgement of the former voyages of Captns. Ross, Parry & other celebrated navigators to the northern latitudes : compiled from authentic information and original documents, transmitted by an officer attached to the last expedition : illustrated by engravings from drawings taken on the spot

Title Variants

Alternative: Last voyage of Captn. John Ross, R.N. for the discovery of a north west passage

By

Huish, Robert, 1777-1850 , author

Saunders, John, , publisher
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), , illustrator
Watkins, W., active 1823-1831 , engraver
Adlard, Alfred, , engraver
Winter, George, active 1842-1852 , engraver
Hill, W., , printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed for the proprietors, MDCCCXXXV [1835]

Notes

Added engraved title page, Last voyage of Captn. John Ross, dated 1834.

Dictionary of the Esquimaux language: pages [697]-703.

On the position of the north magnetic pole (Supplement): 44 pages at end.

Illustrations by Thos. H. Shepherd, W. Eagle, Pagle; engraved by W. Watkins, A. Adlard, G. Winter.

Colophon: W. Hill.

Subjects

1777-1856 , Arctic regions , Discovery and exploration , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Inuit , Inuktitut dialect , Magnetic pole , Northwest Passage , Ross, John, , Sir, , Social life and customs , Victory (Ship)

Call Number

G650.1829.R82 H8 1835

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153771
OCLC: 22043831

 

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