![NORTHERN PASSAGE – “An Act for giving a publick Reward unto such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,” [Extracted from:] The Statutes at large, from the thirteenth year of the Reign of King George the Third, to the sixteenth year. Volume 12. London: Charles Eyre, 1776.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_15724_0129_000(northern_passage_an_act_for_giving_a_publick_reward_unto_such_person_o053823).jpg?w=1)
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NORTHERN PASSAGE – “An Act for giving a publick Reward unto such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,” [Extracted from:] The Statutes at large, from the thirteenth year of the Reign of King George the Third, to the sixteenth year. Volume 12. London: Charles Eyre, 1776.
The first printing of the 1775 act of parliament urging Northern exploration. Parliament had already offered a reward of £20,000 for the discovery of a passage through the “Hudson Streights,” but this act expands the conditions to any ship navigating a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in either direction – with a further £5000 prize for reaching within one degree of the North Pole. Lada-Mocarski 25.
Folio (303 x 192mm). 3 leaves, 3Q1-2-3R1. Disbound, in custom marbled board folder. Provenance: PBA Galleries.
The first printing of the 1775 act of parliament urging Northern exploration. Parliament had already offered a reward of £20,000 for the discovery of a passage through the “Hudson Streights,” but this act expands the conditions to any ship navigating a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in either direction – with a further £5000 prize for reaching within one degree of the North Pole. Lada-Mocarski 25.
Folio (303 x 192mm). 3 leaves, 3Q1-2-3R1. Disbound, in custom marbled board folder. Provenance: PBA Galleries.