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, under the orders of William Edward Parry : with an appendix containing the scientific and other observations
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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, under the orders of William Edward Parry : with an appendix containing the scientific and other observations
- by
- Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855; Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883; König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851; Kirby, William, 1759-1850; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875; Brown, Robert, 1773-1858; Westall, W., engraver; Drummond, S., ill; Curtis, John, 1791-1862, ill; Thomson, J., engraver, engraver; Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, ill; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
- Publication date
- 1821
- Topics
- Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855, Hecla (Ship), Griper (Ship), Scientific expeditions, Natural history
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
"Published by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
"London: Printed by William Clowes"--Verso of half title
Errata slip
Frontispiece is portrait of Capt Parry, by S. Drummond, engraved by J. Thomson
Engravings by W. Westall; illustrations by J. Curtis and F. W. Beechey
"A supplement to the appendix, containing an account of the subjects of natural history, was published in London in 1824."--Hill coll., p. 464
UC San Diego. Hill Coll.
Englishman William Edward Parry's journal of his voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage through the Canadian Arctic in the years 1819-'20 aboard the ships Hecla and Griper. Includes official instructions to Parry from the British government on undertaking the expedition, details of land and sea exploration, encounters with Inuit (Eskimos) and fauna in the region, lists of supplies, chronometric, magnetic and lunar observations, numerous plates and maps, glossary of technical terms
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088000487801) lacking 4 plates, including the port. frontispiece
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 16 1910 [ms. acc. no.] 213176
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges
SCNHRB c. 1 bound with: 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. London, John Murray, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088003523065) imperfect: p. 1-viii of the introduction bound before p. [1] of the 3rd pagination sequence and without the errata slip mentioned in the Hill Coll. cat
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. With the pencilled Tucker collational notes
SCNHRB c. 2 bound in diced russia (rebacked with gilt title and vignette of a sailing ship), gilt Greek key pattern at edges of boards, recent marbled endpapers
SCNHRB c. 2 bound with: 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. London, John Murray, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication
"London: Printed by William Clowes"--Verso of half title
Errata slip
Frontispiece is portrait of Capt Parry, by S. Drummond, engraved by J. Thomson
Engravings by W. Westall; illustrations by J. Curtis and F. W. Beechey
"A supplement to the appendix, containing an account of the subjects of natural history, was published in London in 1824."--Hill coll., p. 464
UC San Diego. Hill Coll.
Englishman William Edward Parry's journal of his voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage through the Canadian Arctic in the years 1819-'20 aboard the ships Hecla and Griper. Includes official instructions to Parry from the British government on undertaking the expedition, details of land and sea exploration, encounters with Inuit (Eskimos) and fauna in the region, lists of supplies, chronometric, magnetic and lunar observations, numerous plates and maps, glossary of technical terms
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088000487801) lacking 4 plates, including the port. frontispiece
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 16 1910 [ms. acc. no.] 213176
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges
SCNHRB c. 1 bound with: 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. London, John Murray, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088003523065) imperfect: p. 1-viii of the introduction bound before p. [1] of the 3rd pagination sequence and without the errata slip mentioned in the Hill Coll. cat
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. With the pencilled Tucker collational notes
SCNHRB c. 2 bound in diced russia (rebacked with gilt title and vignette of a sailing ship), gilt Greek key pattern at edges of boards, recent marbled endpapers
SCNHRB c. 2 bound with: 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. London, John Murray, 1821. Bound together subsequent to publication
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- Addeddate
- 2017-05-09 16:34:15
- Associated-names
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883; König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851; Kirby, William, 1759-1850; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875; Brown, Robert, 1773-1858; Westall, W., engraver; Drummond, S., ill; Curtis, John, 1791-1862, ill; Thomson, J., engraver, engraver; Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, ill; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner
- Call number
- 39088003523065
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- urn:oclc:record:1047502473
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- Possible copyright status
- Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
- Ppi
- 350
- References
- UC San Diego. Hill Coll., no. 1311
- Republisher_date
- 20170530131824
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20170509171230
- Scanner
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- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 304126
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 4223205
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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