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A voyage of discovery : made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage

John Ross
Contains a journal of the voyage with information on ice conditions, descriptions of the Polar Eskimos of the Cape York Region, and of extensive stretches of red snow seen there. Also includes a record of personal equipment, all orders, and work carried out. Appendices include observations on magnetic variations, zoology, geology, latitudes and longitudes

Print Book, English, 1819
John Murray, Albermarle-Street, London, 1819