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    Reference 674 (691)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Barrington, Hon. Daines
    Title THE POSSIBILITY OF APPROACHING THE NORTH POLE ASSERTED: A New Edition, with an Appendix, Containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on a North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy.
    Publishing Information London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1818.
    Description 2nd Edition; iii-xxiv, (lacks half-title), 258 pp, Folding map, vignette on title page. Ex libris rebound with gilt titling and library number on spine, edges cut, foldout map now bound in at front. This new edition of Barrington's "Probability of Reaching the North Pole Discussed" is accompanied by a new map of the north polar region, and presents facts compiled from records of early navigators as well as information received from the present-day whaling and fishing captains on ice conditions in the northern Greenland Sea and Baffin Bay. The appendix reviews the probability of reaching the North Pole from the Island of Spitzbergen by means of reindeer during the winter months. The rare British edition of this series of pamplets that were republished as interest in reaching the North Pole was at its height. Published simultaneously in London and New York in 1818. Embossed library stamps. Library bookplate tipped in and library numbers on fep. Contemporary signatures on title page, partly missing due to pages being cut down. Pages spotted, age toned but overall Very Good.
    Price £175.00
    Keywords arctic, reindeer, qpolarq S1-Arc
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