Titre
A Voyage of Discovery
Auteur
Ross, John
Langue
anglais
Éditeur
John Murray 1819, first edition
Prix
€ 4 800,00(Excl. toute livraison)
Détails
Bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards and gilt decoration and title label to the spine.
Plus d'informations
"Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty’s Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin’s Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage". [4] xxxix, [1] 252 [2] cxliv, [errata]; with a folding map as frontispiece, 25 (15 hand coloured) engraved plates including seven folding, and at the rear three large folding plates containing a meteorological register and two foldout views of headlands. A handsome first edition of the account written by John Ross (1777-1856) of his important and dramatic expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1818. The purposes of the voyage, commissioned by the Admiralty, were, among other things, to solve the question of the Northwest Passage and to make observations on the currents, tides, ice and other natural phenomena of the region – which at the time were still shrouded in mystery and legend. The outcome was a hair-raising experience and qualified success. Although he established much vital information about the region, notably the existence of Baffin’s Bay (first discovered in 1616), and mapped the west coast of Davis Strait, Ross was unable to establish the existence of the Northwest Passage, claiming – against the conviction of his shipmates – that a range of mountains (the mythical ‘Croker mountains’) blocked any progress beyond Lancaster Sound. The disappointment and controversy the news brought, with this book’s publication, compromised Ross’ reputation for years to come, until he managed to secure a (more successful) second expedition in 1829.
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