Victory, dismasted in a gale, June 14, 1829. J. Ross
Colored lithographed view showing the Victory ship struggling in a storm. View is 10 x 16 cm, on sheet 25 x 32 cm. Accompanied by descriptive text on following pages. In first volume. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~363090~90130589 2024-09-15T18:15:06+00:00 Victory, dismasted in a gale, June 14, 1829. J. Ross J. Cousen. Printed by J. Yates. London, published 1834, by Captain J. Ross, R. N. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. By Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c. Captain in the Royal Navy. Including the reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.L.S., &c. and the discovery of the northern magnetic pole. London: A. W. Webster, 156, Regent Street. 1835. Victory . Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856 Cousen, J. Yates, J. Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862 Arctic Regions 1829 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 10 16 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~363090~90130589 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/213/14297015.jpg unknown A. W. Webster London 14297.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~363090~90130589 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/213/14297015.jpg 14297.015 Exploration Exploration Book View 1829 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:33Z Colored lithographed view showing the Victory ship struggling in a storm. View is 10 x 16 cm, on sheet 25 x 32 cm. Accompanied by descriptive text on following pages. In first volume. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, by Sir John Ross, Captain in the Royal Navy. Published by A. W. Webster in London, 1835. First edition. In two volumes; second entitled, The first Appendix to the narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage … First volume bound in the original, recased, cloth with a navy-colored scale pattern. Appendix also in original cloth but with a teal-colored scale pattern. Collation: 4° : volume 1 : [viii], [xxxiv], 740 pages, [30] leaves of plates, including 1 fold-out vol. 2 : xii, 120, cxliv, [CIII] pages, [20] leaves of plates. 30 plates in vol. 1 contain 7 maps and 23 views; 20 plates in vol. 2 contain 1 map, 15 views, 3 illustrations and 1 portrait. Maps show topography, drainage, coastlines, islands, soundings and routes. Views include scenes of the Victory ship at sail and docked, as well as portraits of Inuit individuals met during the voyage. "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross [JR] in a second expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth, the sheriff of London, enabled him to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory with his nephew James Clark Ross [JCR] as second-in-command. The expedition survived the winters in the Arctic, during which [JCR] discovered the North Magnetic Pole. [JCR] edited the natural history section of the appendix, and [JR] the remaining sections, comprising meteorology, navigation, and ethnology" (Hill). Hill: 1490; Sabin: 73381. Vol. 1 contains a dedication to King William IV, errata, an introduction, a glossary of “icy seas” technical terms, a table of contents to the text and a list of plates. In the Introduction, Ross describes the history of arctic ... Book inuit North Magnetic Pole North West Passage David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) |
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Colored lithographed view showing the Victory ship struggling in a storm. View is 10 x 16 cm, on sheet 25 x 32 cm. Accompanied by descriptive text on following pages. In first volume. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, by Sir John Ross, Captain in the Royal Navy. Published by A. W. Webster in London, 1835. First edition. In two volumes; second entitled, The first Appendix to the narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage … First volume bound in the original, recased, cloth with a navy-colored scale pattern. Appendix also in original cloth but with a teal-colored scale pattern. Collation: 4° : volume 1 : [viii], [xxxiv], 740 pages, [30] leaves of plates, including 1 fold-out vol. 2 : xii, 120, cxliv, [CIII] pages, [20] leaves of plates. 30 plates in vol. 1 contain 7 maps and 23 views; 20 plates in vol. 2 contain 1 map, 15 views, 3 illustrations and 1 portrait. Maps show topography, drainage, coastlines, islands, soundings and routes. Views include scenes of the Victory ship at sail and docked, as well as portraits of Inuit individuals met during the voyage. "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty refused to support John Ross [JR] in a second expedition. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of Felix Booth, the sheriff of London, enabled him to set out in the small paddle-steamer Victory with his nephew James Clark Ross [JCR] as second-in-command. The expedition survived the winters in the Arctic, during which [JCR] discovered the North Magnetic Pole. [JCR] edited the natural history section of the appendix, and [JR] the remaining sections, comprising meteorology, navigation, and ethnology" (Hill). Hill: 1490; Sabin: 73381. Vol. 1 contains a dedication to King William IV, errata, an introduction, a glossary of “icy seas” technical terms, a table of contents to the text and a list of plates. In the Introduction, Ross describes the history of arctic ... |
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