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The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry
by LYON, George Francis
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Condition
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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 entire volume is devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the Aborigines of the Arctic regions. Captain Lyon's curiosity led him to observe with great attention, the habits of life, and traits of character of the different tribes of Esquimaux, which his humanity, and good management attracted to his winter quarters. They built their villages near his ships, and permitted a closer familiarity, than any other of the Arctic voyagers was able to attain. His narrative, therefore, abounds with incidents of their intercourse, and curious anecdotes of Esquimaux life."
Sabin notes,
"Principally devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the aborigines of the Arctic regions"
Item number: #16289
Price: $950
LYON, George Francis
The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry
London : John Murray, 1824. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xiii, [1], 468
o Illustrated with 7 plates
o Without the map
· References: Lowndes 1422; Sabin 42853; Arctic Bibliography 10531; Field 961
· Provenance:
o Armorial Bookplate – Booty Harvey, Esq.
Captain Booty Harvey was a British naval captain over the HMS Rosario during the Napoleonic Wars. An engagement with a 13-ship French flotilla near Dieppe in 1812 earned the crew a Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Rosario 27 March 1812", an honor reflected on this bookplate.
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~ 8.75in X 5.75in (22cm x 14cm)
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- Title
- The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry
- Author
- LYON, George Francis
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1824 1ed Arctic Exploration Private Journal of Lyon Parry Eskimos PROVENANCErare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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