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1842 ARCTIC Voyages William Parry North Pole Eskimos Northwest Passage 2v
1842 ARCTIC Voyages William Parry North Pole Eskimos Northwest Passage 2v
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1842 ARCTIC Voyages William Parry North Pole Eskimos Northwest Passage 2v



A rare, 1842 edition of William Parrys personal account from his voyages to the Northwest Passage. He was one of the first explorers to reach the North Pole, setting the record for the furthest north any human had reached! Parry recounts his interactions with Eskimos, navigations through fog and ice, viewing meteorological phenomena including the Aurora Borealis, and discovering new birds and plants.



This 1842 two-volume was published in New York by Harper.



Item number: #23660

Price: $499



PARRY, William



Three voyages for the discovery of a northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : and narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole



New York: Harper & Bros., 1842.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 tomes

Vol. I – x, 11-321, [1]

Vol. II – vi, 9-328

Provenance: Handwritten – [Warren Grimes]

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~ 6in X 4in (15.5cm x 10cm)



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