Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North- West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829-33. Including the reports of Commander James Clark Ross and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
London. A.W. Webster. 1835. Hardcover. 4to, 28.5cm, xxxiii,[1],740p., complete with 6 maps (1 folding coloured), and 25 engraved plates (including 8 coloured lithographs, 3 mezzotints, & 16 steel engraved), rebound in blue cloth with gilt titles, some foxing, a very good copy. (Ar) T.P.L. 1808. A.B. 14866 & 14863. Lande 1426. Sabin 73381. Waterston p61. The magnetic pole was discovered during Ross's 1829 voyage, and important geological and zoological data collected. Ross reports in careful detail the means of surviving Arctic winters; he was intent on salvaging his reputation, damaged by his failure to recognize, in 1818, the possibility of moving through Lancaster Sound. Although the long period when his ships were out of touch with home necessitated the dispatch of search parties, this later voyage did bring him fame. (Waterson). Item #39665
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