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Title(s)
The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry : with a map and plates.
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Published/Created
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1824.
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Physical Description
xiii, [1] 468 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map ; 23 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G650 1821 .P25
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. Map engraved by John Walker.
Printer's statement from verso of half-title.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 42853
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown paper covered boards. In brown cloth slipcase.
"Principally devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the aborigines of the Arctic regions."--Sabin. -
Subject Terms
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration. | Discoveries in geography. | Discovery and explorations -- British. | Eskimos. | Hecla (Ship) | Hecla (Ship) | Inuit -- Northwest Territories. | Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832 -- Travel -- Arctic regions. | Northwest Passage. | Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790–1855. | Ship captains -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Voyages and travels.
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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