The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy.
- London: T. and J. Allman, 1818
London: T. and J. Allman, 1818. sep 22 2017. xxiv, 258, (4 pp. publishers catalog). pp. b/w folding map.
This is the second edition of a work first published in 1775, expanded by Beaufoy from that first edition with additional information from whalemen and other early voyagers to the north. Arctic Bib. 1092. A couple of interesting ownership signatures on the title page - "Benjamin Oliver to W. Dalling Capt. ret." A clean, untrimmed copy, bound in later half calf over marbled boards.
This is the second edition of a work first published in 1775, expanded by Beaufoy from that first edition with additional information from whalemen and other early voyagers to the north. Arctic Bib. 1092. A couple of interesting ownership signatures on the title page - "Benjamin Oliver to W. Dalling Capt. ret." A clean, untrimmed copy, bound in later half calf over marbled boards.
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Title
The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy.
Author
Barrington, Hon. Daines.
Condition
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Publisher
T. and J. Allman: London
Date
1818