Lot 332
Ross, Sir John
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A voyage of discovery made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West passage. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, [[iii], errata slip, xxxix, [1], 252, [1], cxxxvi], 3 maps [2 folding], 25 plates [14 coloured aquatints], 3 charts [3 folding], 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light board gilt stamp to backstrip, Northern Light board stamp to reverse of title, some offsetting; [Idem] Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West passage and of a residence in the Artic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 4to, 6 maps & 25 plates [3 coloured], 19th century calf gilt uniform with previous, Northern Light Board stamp to reverse of title (2)
Footnote
Note: Sir John Ross [1777-1856] went in search of the Northwest Passage in 1818 but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. Financed by Sir Felix Booth, he commanded a second search expedition (1829-33), in the course of which he discovered Boothia Peninsula, the Gulf of Boothia, and King William Island and explored Smith, Jones, and Lancaster sounds. His last trip to the Arctic was made in 1850-51, when he went to the Lancaster Sound region to search for Sir John Franklin.
Abbey, Travel 634 & 636.