Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla

4to, leather spine and corners, 9 maps, 30 engraved plates.xxx, 571, [1 errata] pp. Top cover detached, backstrip ends, joints rubbed, bookplate, plates with some foxing, lacking ad pages. William Edward Parry (1790-1855) was a noted Arctic Explorer and navel officer who was born in Bath on December 19, 1790. He served in the BriTish Navy, and actually did a tour of duty during the War of 1812. He started his Arctic explorations around 1818, and his first expedition to find the Northwest passage took place in 1819. In 1821 a second expedition was initiated with two ships (Fury & Hecla), which would be Parry's longest voyage. He went through Hudson Strait and Foxe Channel, and examined Repulse Bay. After spending two winters on this journey, Parry decided to return home when scurvy started to appear among the crew, and his passage was being blocked by ice. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Artic Bibliography 13142.