Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773.
I. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, II. Printed for B. White; and P. Elmsley, London 1774
The official account: the first edition in a beautiful copy with noble provenance.
"This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical obsevations. The voyage is perhaps better remembered for the presence of a young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear" (Hill).
4to., viii, 253 [i] (directions to binder) pp., 12 double-page engraved plates, 3 engraved folding maps and 11 folding tables
Contemporary calf gilt, morocco label.
"This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical obsevations. The voyage is perhaps better remembered for the presence of a young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear" (Hill).
4to., viii, 253 [i] (directions to binder) pp., 12 double-page engraved plates, 3 engraved folding maps and 11 folding tables
Contemporary calf gilt, morocco label.
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