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ROSS, Sir John (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery ... for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: W. Clowes for John Murray, 1819.
4o (287 x 225 mm). Engraved folding frontispiece chart and 2 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan et al.; 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles by D. Havell, R. Havell & Son, Thomas Lewin after A.M. Skene, Ross, H.P. Hoppner, Thomas Lewin et al [15 hand-colored, 7 folding], and 4 engraved tables at end [3 folding] (some occasional pale spotting and offsetting). Woodcut illustrations, one full-page, and letterpress tables in the text. Errata slip tipped onto engraved explanation leaf at end. Later brown cloth, morocco lettering piece, uncut and partially unopened.
FIRST EDITION. Ross's first voyage describes his attempts to travel through Lancaster Sound, and his erroneous belief that it was blocked by a range of mountains which he named the Croker Mountains; the subsequent disproval of this statement led to the discrediting of the whole work and Ross's reputation, and the withdrawal of the Admiralty's support for further explorations. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; Sabin 73376.
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FIRST EDITION. Ross's first voyage describes his attempts to travel through Lancaster Sound, and his erroneous belief that it was blocked by a range of mountains which he named the Croker Mountains; the subsequent disproval of this statement led to the discrediting of the whole work and Ross's reputation, and the withdrawal of the Admiralty's support for further explorations. Abbey Travel 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Hill 1488; Sabin 73376.