Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. And the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.

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2 volumes. 4to., (11 x 8 6/8; 12 4/8 x 10 inches). Engraved frontispiece, and 21 plates, 3 coloured mezzotints, 6 maps, including one large folding (some occasionally heavy spotting, a few pale stains); "Appendix" volume, engraved frontispiece, 19 engraved plates, including 14 hand-colored (some occasional light spotting). Uniformly bound in original blue cloth, gilt (rebacked preserving the original spine). Provenance: Early ownership inscription of Ja.s Moore of Manchester on the front paste-down of the "Appendix" volume; 20th-century bookplates of the Mark Ostelin library at Northwestern Michigan College on the front paste-down of each volume. First edition. After the notorious failure of Ross's first expedition in 1818, "the Admiralty refused to support John Ross in a second expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth, the sheriff of London, enabled him to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory with his nephew James Clark Ross as second-in-command. The expedition survived four winters in the Arctic, during which James Clark Ross discovered the North Magnetic Pole. James Clark Ross edited the natural history section of the appendix, and John Ross the remaining sections, comprising meteorology, navigation, and ethnology" (Hill). In addition the "Appendix" contains illustrations and a detailed description of the Esquimaux culture and a large vocabulary of their language. Abbey "Travel" 636; Hill 1490; Sabin 73381. N° de ref. del artículo 001728

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