Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific Beering’s Straight, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expedition: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom…
by Beechey, Frederick William
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About This Item
2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, illustrated with 23 engraved plates & 3 folding maps. Rebacked retaining worn remnants of original backstrips, endpapers renewed; engraved matter variously foxed. Leather separating from boards in places in volume one, and a few chips in those areas. Beechey’s expedition to the Beering Strait and beyond was supposed to help the Franklyn and Perry Expeditions, and make scientific observations. He made stops along the Alaskan coast and describes Eskimo villages and culture, and even discovered fossil remains of large elephants and other quadrupeds in cliffs of frozen mud. Beechey’s work also provides an account of Monterey and San Franciso “before the American conquest”. He also made it to Pitcairn Island where he met John Adams the last survivor of the mutiny on the Bounty, who gave Beechey a lengthy account of the incident.
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- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100057
- Title
- Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific Beering’s Straight, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expedition: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom…
- Author
- Beechey, Frederick William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Octavo Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Colburn and Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...