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RASMUSSEN, Knud [1879-1933].
Den Store Slaederejse.
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, 1932..
8vo. pp. 3 p.l., vi, 148. frontis. portrait, folding map & 15 double-sided plates. modern half polished sheep. A condensed narrative of Rasmussen's Fra Grønland til Stillehavet (1925), describing the author's journeys on the Fifth Thule Expedition to Alaska and the Canadian arctic. Arctic Bib. 14235.
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RASMUSSEN, Knud [1879-1933].
Grønland Langs Polhavet Udforskningen Af Grønland Fra Melvillebugten Til Kap Morris Jesup: Skildring Af Den II. Thule-Ekspedition 1916-18.
Copenhagen:.& Kristiania: Gyldendal Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, 1919..
8vo. pp. 596, [12]. with half-title. title in red & black. folding map, 33 plates (some colour) & numerous text illus. & maps. title vignette portrait. handsome modern half morocco, original printed wrs. with mounted illus. on front wr. bound in. First Edition. Account of the second Thule Expedition to North Greenland, 1916-18, describing the sledge journey from Thule to Cape Morris Jesup in Peary Land to make a geological survey of the north coast, to ascertain the existence of Eskimo winter houses in the far north, and to make natural history collections. Arctic Bib. 14204.
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RICHARDSON, John [1787-1865].
Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal Of A Boat-Voyage Through Rupert's Land And The Arctic Sea, In Search Of The Discovery Ships Under Command Of Sir John Franklin. With An Appendix On The Physical Geography Of North America.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xi, 516, 6(ads), [6]ads. 8 wood-engraved text illus. original blind-stamped cloth (light wear to extremities, a few tiny wormholes in lower front joint, light dampstain to upper outer corner throughout, occasional light foxing). First American Edition. Richardson had previously accompanied John Franklin as surgeon-naturalist on his Arctic overland expeditions of 1819-22 and 1825-27. In 1848, at the age of sixty, he volunteered to take part in the search for his old colleague, who had been missing since 1845. This is the account of that unsuccessful expedition which travelled down the Mackenzie River by boat, eastward along the coast to the Coppermine River, returning overland to Fort Confidence on Great Slave Lake. Richardson returned to England in the spring of 1849, leaving his assistant John Rae in command. An account of Rae's journey that summer down the Coppermine River is also given here. Considerable attention is paid to the ethnography of the Esquimaux and Kutchin, Cree and Chipewyan Indians of the regions traversed. The appendices include notes on physical geography, climatology, plant distribution, insects and native vocabularies. Arctic Bib. 14489. Peel 266n. Sabin 71025. Smith 8648. TPL 3030. Wagner-Camp 203:2. cfField 1300. cfLande 1411. cfStreeter VI 3716. Story p. 709. DCB IX pp. 658-661.
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RICHARDSON, Sir John [1787-1865].
Fauna Boreali-Americana; Or The Zoology Of The Northern Parts Of British America: Containing Descriptions Of The Objects Of Natural History Collected On The Late Northern Expeditions, Under Command Of Captain John Franklin. [Half-Title: Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part First, Containing The Quadrupeds. By John Richardson.].
London: John Murray, 1829..
4to. pp. 3 p.ol., [ix]-xlvi, [2], 300. 28 etched plates by Thomas Landseer. 2 text illus. modern bds. (some offsetting from plates, small embossed library stamp on title). First Edition. The first of an ambitious four-part series devoted to the natural history of the Arctic regions. The Fauna Boreali-Americana was based on information Richardson collected on Franklin's two arctic overland expeditions, 1819-22 and 1825-27, in his capacity as surgeon-naturalist. This volume on mammals was composed entirely by Richardson. The second, third and fourth parts on birds, fish and insects appeared in 1831, 1836, and 1837 respectively. Arctic Bib. 14491. Lande S1924. Morgan p. 319. Peel 91. Sabin 71026. Streeter VI 3700. TPL 1454. Wagner-Camp 39.
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ROBERTS, Helen R. & D[iamond] JENNESS.
Songs Of The Copper Eskimos. (Report Of The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 Volume XIV: Eskimo Songs.Southern Party 1913-16].
Ottawa: F.A.Acland, 1925..
8vo. pp. 506. original printed wrs. (slight chipping to head of spine). Arctic Bib. 14673.
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ROBSON, Joseph.
An Account Of Six Years Residence In Hudson's Bay, From 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747...Containing a Variety of Facts, Observations, and Discoveries, tending to shew, I. The vast Importance of the Countries about Hudson's-Bay to Great-Britain...II. The interested Views of laying open the Trade, and making it the Object of National Encouragement...
London: Printed for J.Payne and J.Bouquet..., 1752.
8vo. pp. 2 p.l.(incl. advert. leaf), vi, 84, 95. 2 folding engraved maps (incl. frontis. by Thomas Jefferys) & 1 folding engraved plate (containing 3 plans). modern half morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt (small library rubberstamp on title, folding plate & folding maps, occasional light spotting, title & last 3 leaves washed - the last with small repair in upper margin). First Edition. One of the earliest and most informative works on the Hudson's Bay Territory, Robson's book was also one of the most powerful denunciations of the secretive and selfish methods of the Hudson's Bay Company. Robson possessed an intimate knowledge of the subject, having been employed for some years as surveyor and supervisor to the Company. Condemning their failure to promote fishing and mining enterprise and the exploration and settlement of the interior, Robson urges the importance to Great Britain of breaking the monopoly which was throwing the fur trade into the hands of the French: "The company have for eighty years slept at the edge of a frozen sea; they have shown no curiosity to penetrate farther themselves, and have exerted all their art and power to crush that spirit in others." Robson supported the petition made in 1749 to revoke the Company's charter and gave testimony before the parliamentary committee appointed to investigate the matter. The appendix includes a brief account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay and the English activities there after the granting of the Hudson's Bay Charter, based largely on the unpublished journal of Groseiller's expedition of 1668-69 by his ship captain Zachariah Gillam. Bell R336. Hill p. 257. JCB I 986. Lande 1418. Peel 12. Sabin 72259. TPL 217. Winsor VIII p. 70.
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ROSS, Sir James Clark [1800-1862].
A Voyage Of Discovery And Research In The Southern And Antarctic Regions, During The Years 1839-43.
London: John Murray, 1847..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. lii, [1 leaf]list of illus., 366 [i.e. 386; each chapter preceded by a single unnumbered leaf]; 1 p.l., [vii]-x, [1 leaf]list of illus., 447 [i.e. 473], [1]. 8 tinted lithographed plates (1 folding) by R.Carrick & T.Picken after J.Dayman & J.E.Davis, 8 engraved maps & charts (4 folding), & 18 wood-engravings in the text (17 on unnumbered leaves at the beginning of chapters). original gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spines mounted (light foxing to & offsetting from plates & maps, small blindstamp on titles of the Cruising Association Library & gilt lettering on binding). First Edition of "one of the most important works in the history of Antarctic exploration." (Hill) James Clark Ross was an experienced arctic explorer, having accompanied his uncle, Sir John Ross, on the latter's two polar voyages, and having sailed on all four of Parry's arctic expeditions. On June 1st, 1831, while on the second Ross expedition, he discovered the North Magnetic Pole. In 1839 he was given command of the present expedition, the purpose of which was to conduct magnetic research and to try to reach the south magnetic pole. On this famous voyage, Ross circumnavigated the Antarctic continent, discovered the Ross Sea, Ross Island, the Ross Ice Shelf, Victoria Land, Erebus and Terror Gulf (named after the ships of the expedition), Mount Erebus, and attempted to penetrate the Weddell Sea. The expedition also visited the Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, Australia, New Zealand, Campbell Island, and the Falkland Islands. This was the first scientific expedition sent out specifically for Antarctic exploration and research. On his return to England, Ross was knighted and awarded the gold medal of the Geographical Societies of London and Paris. Abbey, Travel, 610. Ferguson 4636. Hill p. 260. Hocken p. 135. National Maritime Museum Cat. I 1084. Sabin 73367. Spence 993.
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ROSS, Sir John [1777-1856].
A Voyage Of Discovery Made Under The Orders Of The Admiralty, In His Majesty's Ships Isabella And Alexander, For The Purpose Of Exploring Baffin's Bay, And Inquiring Into The Probability Of A North-West Passage.
London: John Murray, 1819..
4to. pp. 2 p.l., xxxix, [1]directions to the binder, 252, [1 leaf], cxliv. with tipped-in errata slip. 3 folding engraved maps (incl. frontis.). 25 plates (including 15 hand-coloured aquatints - 4 folding, 6 uncoloured aquatints - 2 double-page, & 4 engravings - 1 folding), engraved by Havell after drawings by Ross, A.M.Skene, H.P.Hoppner, J.Sackhouse, T.Lewing, D.Havell, J.Bushnan. 4 engraved plates of tables (3 folding). several text illus. 19th century half chagrin, gilt back (joints & extremities rubbed, short tear at head of spine & front joint repaired, some offsetting from plates). bookplate of Henry Marquand. First Edition of this famous voyage, which marked the resurgence of British interest in the search for the north-west passage, and inaugurated the great arctic explorations and discoveries of the nineteenth century. Among Ross's officers on the voyage were William Edward Parry, James Clark Ross, and Edward Sabine. Setting out in April of 1818, the expedition rediscovered Baffin Bay and its three Sounds, Smith, Jones, and Lancaster, thereby vindicating the reports made by William Baffin in 1616. Sailing some distance into Lancaster Sound, Ross sited a mirage which he believed to be a range of mountains blocking further passage. These he named the Croker Mountains in honour of the first secretary of the Admiralty, J.W.Croker. On his return to England, Ross's report was initially accepted as conclusive and he was promoted to Captain, but his contention that Lancaster Sound was landlocked was disputed by other members of the crew, notably by his second-in-command, William Edward Parry. Parry's view was supported by Sir John Barrow, second secretary of the Admiralty, with whom Ross was to carry on a life-long quarrel as a result. In 1819, the Admiralty appointed Parry to lead a second expedition, which proved Ross to be mistaken. His reputation seriously discredited, Ross was never again given command of an official government expedition. This account of the voyage includes detailed descriptions of the 'Arctic Highlanders' (polar Esquimaux), and natural phenomena such as 'red snow', a type of fast-growing arctic algae. Appended are various scientific and natural history notes. The fine coloured aquatints which illustrate the work are among the most striking and attractive plates done of the arctic region. Abbey, Travel, 634. Arctic Bib. 14873 (only 22 plates & 3 maps). Hill p. 261. Lande 1425. National Maritime Museum I 818 (24 plates & 3 charts). Prideaux pp. 255, 350. Sabin 73376. Smith 8785. TPL 1152.
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ROSS, Sir John [1777-1856].
Explanation And Answer To Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement To Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative Of A Second Voyage in the Victory, In Search Of A North-West Passage [Cover Title].
[London]: A.W.Webster, [1835]..
4to. pp. 8. A very good copy in original printed wrs. First Edition. Ross's reply to Braithwaite's defence of the reliability of his boilers. Ross maintained that Braithewaite and Ericsson, the patentees of the boilers, were largely responsible for the failure of his second expedition to the Arctic, 1829-1833. Ross wrote to the editor of 'The Times' (this is printed below the title) that he wished this response to Braithwaite to be made available gratis to all who might ask for it from his publishers, who on the verso say the work was to be enclosed free of charge with every copy of the appendix to Ross's narrative of his second voyage. Arctic Bib. 14862. TPL 7385. Lande 1427. Sabin 73370 (citing incorrect date: 1849). Smith 8791. Not in Casey.
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ROSS, Sir John [1777-1856].
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.
Paris: Baudry's European Library., 1835..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., vi, [1 leaf], xvi, [17]-475. 2 engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & large folding engraved map. contemporary half calf (bit rubbed, light dampstain to lower outer portion of frontis., some light foxing to map). Owing to his mistaken contention after his first voyage in 1818, that Lancaster Sound was landlocked, Ross was not offered command of another Arctic expedition until 1829. Although this expedition failed in its primary objective, it resulted in the discovery of King William Island and the extensive survey of Boothia Peninsula, as well as the discovery of the magnetic pole by Ross' nephew James Clark Ross. A large collection of minerals was gathered and the dietary importance of fresh meat and oil in the arctic climate was ascertained. All but three men managed to survive four arctic winters and the loss of their ship. Upon their return to England, Ross was knighted and awarded gold medals by the Geographical Societies of London and Paris. Smith 8793. Sabin 73381 (calling for map & 1 plate). TPL 7388 (calling for only 1 plate plus map). cfArctic Bib. 14866. cfHill p. 261. cfLande 1426.
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ROSS, Sir John [1777-1856].
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.
London: A.W. Webster, 1835..
4to. pp. 4 p.l. (inc. errata leaf], xxxiii, [1]list of plates, 740[ie.742]. without tipped-in binder's slip. large folding engraved map with partial colour, 5 charts & plans (1 folding) & 25 plates (incl. 6 hand-coloured lithographs, 3 hand-coloured mezzotints & 16 steel engravings). large copy, with 9 rather than 3 of the 25 plates in colour. contemporary diced calf, rebacked (rubbed, corners worn, some scattered marginal foxing). First Edition. Owing to his mistaken contention after his first voyage in 1818, that Lancaster Sound was landlocked, Ross was not offered command of another Arctic expedition until 1829. Although this expedition failed in its primary objective, it resulted in the discovery of King William Island and the extensive survey of Boothia Peninsula, as well as the discovery of the magnetic pole by Ross' nephew James Clark Ross. A large collection of minerals was gathered and the dietary importance of fresh meat and oil in the arctic climate was ascertained. All but three men managed to survive four arctic winters and the loss of their ship. Upon their return to England, Ross was knighted and awarded gold medals by the Geographical Societies of London and Paris. Abbey, Travel, 636. Arctic Bib. 14866. Hill p. 261. Lande 1426. Sabin 73381. Smith 8792. TPL 1808.
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ROSS, Sir John [1777-1856].
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. [WITH:] .Appendix.
London: A.W. Webster, 1835..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 3 p.l., xxxiii, [1]list of plates, 740[ie.742]; pp. xii, 120, cxliv, CII, [1 leaf]errata. without errata leaf & tipped-in binder's slip. large folding engraved map with partial colour, 5 charts & plans (1 folding) & 25 plates (incl. 6 hand-coloured lithographs, 3 hand-coloured mezzotints & 16 steel engravings). appendix with 20 engraved & lithographed plates (12 in colour). untrimmed & partly unopened in original cloth, Vol. II rebacked with spine mounted (corners little frayed, some moderate to significant foxing throughout Vol. I). First Edition. Owing to his mistaken contention after his first voyage in 1818, that Lancaster Sound was landlocked, Ross was not offered command of another Arctic expedition until 1829. Although this expedition failed in its primary objective, it resulted in the discovery of King William Island and the extensive survey of Boothia Peninsula, as well as the discovery of the magnetic pole by Ross' nephew James Clark Ross. A large collection of minerals was gathered and the dietary importance of fresh meat and oil in the arctic climate was ascertained. All but three men managed to survive four arctic winters and the loss of their ship. Upon their return to England, Ross was knighted and awarded gold medals by the Geographical Societies of London and Paris. Abbey, Travel, 636. Arctic Bib. 14866. Hill p. 261. Lande 1426. Sabin 73381. Smith 8792. TPL 1808.
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ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
Reports And Other Papers Relating To The Two Voyages Of The R.C.M.Police Schooner "St. Roch" Through The North West Passage From (1) Vancouver, B.C., To Sydney, N.S., (1940-42) (2) Dartmouth, N.S., To Vancouver, B.C., (1944) Under The Command Of...H.A.Larsen...
Ottawa: 1945..
8vo. pp. 97, [4]. 2 full-page illus. & 2 full-page maps. wrs. First Edition. The 'St. Roch', commanded by Henry A. Larsen, was the second ship to navigate the northwest passage after Amundsen's 'Gioja' and the first to make the voyage from west to east. "During the eastward voyage 1940-42, the St. Roch wintered at Walker Bay, west side of Victoria Island, 1940-41; proceeded via the southern route, south of King William Island, and north to Pasley Bay, west side Boothia Peninsula, where the schooner wintered 1941-42; continued north through Bellot Strait and east through Lancaster Sound to Pond Inlet on Baffin Island; thence to Sydney, N.S. On the westward trip in 1944, the schooner accomplished the first Northwest Passage in a single season, via Pond Inlet, Lancaster and Melville Sounds, and Prince of Wales Strait… (Arctic Bib.) While the ship was trapped in the ice for two winters on the first voyage, she managed to accomplish the second in 86 days. Arctic Bib. 14926."
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RYERSON, John [1800-1878].
Hudson's Bay; Or, A Missionary Tour In The Teritory Of The Hon. Hudson's Bay Company, By., Co-Delegate, And Deputation To The Wesleyan Missions In Hudson's Bay: With Brief Introductory Missionary Memorials, And Illustrations.
Toronto: Published By G.R.Sanderson, 1855..
18mo. pp. xxiv, 190. lithographed frontis. portrait & 9 wood-engraved plates. 1 text illus. original blind-stamped cloth (frayed & stained, some light foxing to plates, missionary library bookplate). First Edition. This is Ryerson's epistolary account of his missionary tour to Hudson's Bay conducted in June-October 1854. He describes his journey from Kingston, via Lake Winnipeg and Oxford House, to York Factory, and thence by boat through Hudson Bay and Strait to England, and back. The appendix contains chapters on the Selkirk settlement, mission work among the Indians, the role of the Hudson's Bay Company in improving the social and economic conditions of the native peoples, and the probable fate of Sir John Franklin. Arctic Bib. 15076. Gagnon I 3112. Graff 3627. Lande 1432. Morgan p. 334. Peel 166 (imperfect). Sabin 74586. Smith 8901. TPL 3608. Wagner-Camp 270.
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SARYTSCHEV, Gavriil [Andreevich] [1763-1831].
Account Of A Voyage Of Discovery To The North-East Of Siberia, The Frozen Ocean, And The North-East Sea.
London: Printed For Richard Phillips By J.G.Barnard, 1806-07.
2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. iv, [5]-70; 80. [1]index. 3 folding engraved plates & 2 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates. modern half morocco (lower outer corner of c2 in Vol I torn away with loss of several words on 4 lines on recto & 5 lines of footnote on verso). First Edition of the English Translation, abridged from the original Russian of 1802. "One of the fundamental and.early books on the Aleutian Islands, and particularly on Unalashka." (Lada-Mocarski) Sarytschev's journal gives an account of the first major exploring expedition sent out by the Russians to the Frozen Sea and the North Pacific after Bering's second expedition of 1741. It was the last of the major Russian surveys of the eastern coast of Siberia and required nine years to accomplish (1785-94). During that time the expedition visited the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Kodiak, Montague Island and Prince William Sound. Alaska and the Aleutian Islands were here carefully charted for the first time. Joseph Billings, who has previously accompanied Cook on his last fatal voyage and subsequently entered the Russian navy, was selectec by Catherine II to command the expedition. Sarytschev served as surveyor on the voyage. Another account was written by Martin Sauer, who acted as historian and secretary on the expedition. Bell S115. Hill 1527. Howes S-115. Sabin 77126. Streeter VI 3502. Wickerhsam 6130. cfLada-Mocarski 57.
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