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ROSS, John.
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829-1833...
Despite the failure of his trip in 1818, Ross set out in 1829 in the small ship Victory to find a northwest passage, but the vessel had to be abandoned in 1832. Ross and his party were rescued in the summer of 1833 in Lancaster Sound. In the meantime, Capt. George Back had set out in search of Ross. Back's account of his explorations was published the year after this volume appeared. The greatest scientific yield of the trip was the discovery of the Magnetic Pole. The many attractive plates are listed in detail in Abbey. A number of them depict the natives and events during the voyage. The lengthy appendix adds significantly to the work. It includes additional colour plates of Eskimos and a vocabulary of the Eskimo language, as well as a report about the natural history of the Arctic.
- Published
- London: A. W. Webster, 1835.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 636; Sabin 73381; Bobins I 61.
- Plates
- 10
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: A. W. Webster, 1835.
- Ref
- 454
Large 4to. 30 plates charts and maps: 7 hand-coloured, two plans coloured Large chart facing pp1, not at rear (repaired). Copy has had three plates replaced - 1 in cut downsize - 390, 401, 518. Rebound in half red leather over marbled, morocco boards, marbled edges. Some foxing to plates. General offsetting of the colour plates and some damp marks at the rear. Coloured plates in order: 1. [Folding Map] Chart of the Discoveries in the Arctic Regions in 1829-1833. 2. Andrewross Island. 3. Felix Harbour. 4. 1st Communication with the Natives of Boothia Felix. 5. North Hendon. Snow Cottages of the Boothians. 6. Ikmalick and Apelagliu. 7. Shulanina / Tulluachiu / Tirikshiu. 8. Umingmak. (Ross killing a Musk Bull.) 9. Somerset House. Transverse Section / Longitudinal Section. 10. Ground Plan.
