The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A Northwest Passage by Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. Illustrated with a map of the North Pole.
- New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818
New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818. This is the American second edition of a work first published in London in 1775, with a new map, and expanded from that first edition with additional information from whalemen and other early voyagers to the north. See Arctic Bib. 1092. Handsomely rebound in quarter mottled calf over marbled boards with spine labels.. 22 cm. xiii-187 pp. b/w wood engraving on title page, folding map.
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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 Northwest Passage by Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. Illustrated with a map of the North Pole.
Author
Barrington, Hon. Daines.
Condition
New
Publisher
James Eastburn & Co.: New York
Date
1818