Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty’s Ships Fury and Hecla…
- London: John Murray, 1824
London: John Murray, 1824. First edition. Very Good. Quarto (210 x 265 mm). xxx, [2, half-title], 571, [1, errata] pp. Complete with thirty-one plates and eight folding charts (as called for in the list of illustrations). Contemporary patterned calf rebacked with original spine laid down. Some dampstaining to top edge of lower board. Marbled edges and endpapers. Two bookplates to upper pastedown (J.J. Chapman; Louise Arner Boyd). Small contemporary ink ownership signature to margin of title-page. Foxing and toning around plates, otherwise a clean copy. Very Good.
The present work recounts the second attempt made by Captain William Edward Parry (1790 – 1855) to map the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Parry had previously established his reputation as a responsible and skilled captain on his first attempt at the passage, undertaken with just the Hecla in 1819, which he documented in his Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific (1821). After his safe return of the Hecla and her crew, Parry was appointed to the Fury (with George Francis Lyon taking the helm of the Hecla) for a second attempt at the passage between 1821 and 1823.
The scientific rigor of Parry's Northwest Passage expeditions, and his ability to safely guide his crews through a seascape that claimed the lives of countless others, have immortalized him in the history of Arctic exploration. "Parry's care for his men, his solution of many of the problems of wintering in the ice, and his meticulous scientific work set a pattern of Arctic exploration for a generation. Many of his young officers (notably James Clark Ross) went on to be famous explorers themselves. The overland explorations of his good friend John Franklin were intended to be complementary to Parry's expeditions" (ODNB).
Hill 225. Very Good.
The present work recounts the second attempt made by Captain William Edward Parry (1790 – 1855) to map the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Parry had previously established his reputation as a responsible and skilled captain on his first attempt at the passage, undertaken with just the Hecla in 1819, which he documented in his Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific (1821). After his safe return of the Hecla and her crew, Parry was appointed to the Fury (with George Francis Lyon taking the helm of the Hecla) for a second attempt at the passage between 1821 and 1823.
The scientific rigor of Parry's Northwest Passage expeditions, and his ability to safely guide his crews through a seascape that claimed the lives of countless others, have immortalized him in the history of Arctic exploration. "Parry's care for his men, his solution of many of the problems of wintering in the ice, and his meticulous scientific work set a pattern of Arctic exploration for a generation. Many of his young officers (notably James Clark Ross) went on to be famous explorers themselves. The overland explorations of his good friend John Franklin were intended to be complementary to Parry's expeditions" (ODNB).
Hill 225. Very Good.