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First edition of Phipps's expedition to the North Pole

PHIPPS, Constantine John.
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773.

With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text.

With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text.

With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text.

With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text.

With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text.



London, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Large 4to (29 x 22 cm). Contemporary marbled calf. With 16 large engraved double-page and folding plates and maps, and many tables in the text. VIII, 253 pp.

First edition of Phipps's account of his expedition to the North Pole. The expedition of the Racehorse and the Carcass sailed north by way of the Shetlands, reaching the coast of Spitsbergen on 29 June 1773. They passed Magdalena Hoek in early July, but were unable to penetrate the pack ice. A second attempt, reaching 80°37', also failed. Notwithstanding this failure, the crew was successful in making numerous scientific observations and discovering several new species of animals, among them the ivory gull (Pugophilu eburnea).
"Phipps was also incidentally the first to give an adequate description of the polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus Phipps) and to give it a scientific binominal" (Savours). The crew included Horatio Nelson as midshipman, as well as Olaudah Equiano, a former slave whose autobiography would cause a huge sensation.

Fine copy with the bookplate of George Finch.
Chavanne 1944; Hill 1351; Sabin 62572; cf. Savours, '"A very interesting point in geography': the 1773 Phipps Expedition towards the North Pole", in: Arctic vol. 37 (December 1984), no. 4 pp. 402-428.

Related Subjects: Arctic  Cartography  Discovery & Exploration  Northern Passage  Science  Scientific Instruments 

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