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| Other uniform titles: | Roger Baskes Collection (University of Chicago. Library)
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| Other authors / contributors: | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883.
König, Carl Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851.
Kirby, William, 1759-1850.
Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875.
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858.
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| Provenance: | Gift; Roger S. Baskes; 2014. A3378 v.1.
Gift of Roger S. Baskes.
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| Summary: | Englishman William Edward Parry's journal of his voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage through the Canadian Arctic in the years 1819-'20 aboard the ships Hecla and Griper. Includes official instructions to Parry from the British government on undertaking the expedition, details of land and sea exploration, encounters with Inuit (Eskimos) and fauna in the region, lists of supplies, chronometric, magnetic and lunar observations, numerous plates and maps, glossary of technical terms.
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| Other form: | Online version: Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855. Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London : John Murray, 1821
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