Greenland the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817
by O'Reilly, Bernard
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. vi,[2],293pp. Quarto in old cloth with gilt lettered morocco spine label, 3 engraved charts (frontispiece and 2 folding), and 18 engraved plates. A clean, uncut copy with occasional offsetting from plates, and light foxing to frontispiece and last three leaves. very good Arctic. Bibl. 12852. "Based... On observations made by the author while surgeon on a whaling ship;... It contains chapters on the ancient history of Greenland, its natives, on arctic zoology, whaling, a Northwest Passage, Disko, etc.". 1818
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107437
- Title
- Greenland the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817
- Author
- O'Reilly, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Polar|Northwest Passage|Davis Strait|Greenland
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