Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay
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LYON, Captain G(eorge F(rancis). A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome", in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the year 1824. Illus. with folding map and illus. London: John Murray, 1825. 1st ed. A very good copy in orig. boards, rebacked. Hill p. 186. Another attempt at the Northwest Passage; this one through Hudson's Bay. Interesting accounts are given of the Eskimos of the Southampton Islands, immediately north of Hudson's Bay. Also included are an appendix concerning magnetic anomalies in the polar regions, an Abstract of each day's work and a botanical appendix by Professor J. D. Hooker.
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