Journal of Parry's first expedition to the arctic

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Author: Fisher, Alexander
Title: Dagboek eener ontdekkingsreis naar de noorderpoolstreken, met de schepen... Hecla en Griper, in de jaren 1819 en 1820... Uit het Engelsch naar den vierden verbeterden druk, door J. Lehman de Lehnsfeld
Place Published: Te Dordrecht
Publisher:Bij Blusse en van Braam
Date Published: 1822
Description:

[2], 363 + [1] ad pp. Folding copper-engraved map. (8vo) 23x13.5 cm (9x5½"), original stiff wrappers. First Dutch Edition.

Dutch translation of "A journal of a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions," 1821, which Hill 605 notes as the "journal of the first voyage commanded by William Edward Parry. On this expedition, Fisher was assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla. He gives an account of the voyage through Lancaster Sound to Melville Island in the western part of the Parry Archipelago, in search of the Northwest Passage."
Condition Report: Wrappers worn, spine strip partially perished; map detached, some light foxing within, bookplate; very good in original untrimmed state.