The Private Journal Of Captain Gf Lyon, Of Hms Hecla, During the Recent Voyage Of Discovery Under Captain Parry

1824 1ed Arctic Exploration Private Journal of Lyon Parry Eskimos PROVENANCE George Francis Lyon was a 19th-century British naval officer who made his name keeping journals on his African and Arctic voyages. His private journals, particularly of his Arctic exploration with William Parry, became highly influential to later expeditions to those seeking the Northwest Passage encountering Eskimo Indians. According to Field, "Almost the… Read more about this item

1824 1ed Arctic Exploration Private Journal of Lyon Eskimos Illustrated + MAP George Francis Lyon was a 19th-century British naval officer who made his name keeping journals on his African and Arctic voyages. His private journals, particularly of his Arctic exploration with William Parry, became highly influential to later expeditions to those seeking the Northwest Passage encountering Eskimo Indians. According to Field, "Almost… Read more about this item

1824 ARCTIC Exploration 1ed Private Journal of Lyon Eskimos Illustrated + MAP George Francis Lyon was a 19th-century British naval officer who made his name keeping journals on his African and Arctic voyages. His private journals, particularly of his Arctic exploration with William Parry, became highly influential to later expeditions to those seeking the Northwest Passage encountering Eskimo Indians. According to Field, "Almost… Read more about this item

London: John Murray,, 1824. First edition, an important coverage of the native peoples that George Francis Lyon encountered while commanding Hecla on Parry's second expedition in search of the north-west passage; Field notes that "almost the entire volume is devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the Aborigines of the Arctic regions". Commissioned lieutenant in 1814, George Francis… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.