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Title(s)
Journal of a voyage to Greenland, in the year 1821 : with graphic illustrations / by George William Manby, Esq.
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Published/Created
London : Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 13, Ave-Maria Lane, MDCCCXXII [1822]
London : Printed by William Clowes, Northumberland-Court -
Physical Description
viii, 143, [1] pages, [21] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, map ; 30 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G740 .M36 1822+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request] -
Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Lithographs by James Duffield Harding. Printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel.
Printer's statement from title page verso.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 44195
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in brown half calf and marbled boards. Armorial bookplate: Frances Mary Richardson Currer.
Account of the Ship Baffin's Voyage with Captain Scoresby. The main purpose of the voyage was to test a new harpoon design by Scoresby. The voyage took them first to Spitzbergen, along the coast of Greenland, to Iceland and then home. -
Subject Terms
Currer, Frances Mary Richardson -- Bookplate. | Glaciers -- Greenland. | Greenland -- Description and travel. | Harpoons -- History. | Natural history -- Greenland. | Scoresby, William, 1760–1829. | Voyages and travels. | Whaling -- Great Britain. | Whaling -- Greenland.
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Form/Genre
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance) | Lithographs -- 1822. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1822. | Maps. | Wood engravings -- 1822.
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