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Title(s)
A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay : through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV / by Captain G.F. Lyon, R.N. ; with a chart and engravings.
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Additional Title(s)
Spine title, on publisher's printed label: Lyon's attempt to reach Repulse Bay
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Published/Created
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, MDCCCXXV [1825]
London : Printed by William Clowes, Northumberland-Court -
Physical Description
xvi, 198, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G650 1824 L9
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Illustrations engraved by Edward Finden; after G.F. Lyon and Edward Nicholas Kendall.
Map engraved by J. Walker.
Printer's statement from title page verso.
Includes "Abstract of the days' works" and "Botanical appendix by Professor Hooker" : page [176]-198.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, with printed spine label.
Narrative of search for the Northwest Passage through the Hudson Bay; observations on Southampton Island, Eskimo, tides, and compass variations. -
Subject Terms
America -- Discovery and exploration -- British. | Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage. | Arctic regions. | Discoveries in geography. | Discovery and exploration, British. | Eskimos. | Griper (Ship) | Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832 -- Travel -- North America. | Northwest Passage. | Voyages and travels.
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