A Journal Of a Voyage Of Discovery To the Arctic Regions, In His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, In the Years 1819 & 1820

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Cloth. Fair. 3rd Edition, 1821; xi, 320pp, illustrated, 5 woodcuts, 2 maps (1 folding). Library bookplate on verso front cover. Half leather with marbled boards. This was the first voyage commanded by William Edward Parry, Fisher was assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla, they wintered at Melville Island, and… Read more about this item

London, 1821. [iii]-xi,320pp. plus two maps (one folding), with in-text illustrations. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt leather label. Minor rubbing to boards, light wear to edges and spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing, slightly heavier to maps. About very good. Fisher was the assistant surgeon aboard… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. In 1821, Alexander Fisher (d.1838), ship's surgeon on H.M.S. Hecla, published this lively and detailed account of Parry's voyage in search of the North-West Passage in 1819-20. He describes the people and wildlife seen during the voyage, as well as providing technical details of latitude, weather and currents.

Paperback / softback. New. In 1821, Alexander Fisher (d.1838), ship's surgeon on H.M.S. Hecla, published this lively and detailed account of Parry's voyage in search of the North-West Passage in 1819-20. He describes the people and wildlife seen during the voyage, as well as providing technical details of latitude, weather and currents.

Cambridge University Press, 2014-05-21. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing