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Sabine, Captain Edward
Remarks on the Account of the Late Voyage of Discovery to Baffin's Bay, Published by Captain J. Ross, R.N.
London Printed for Richard and Arthur Taylor for John Booth 1819, 1st printing. Very good. 1819,1st printing. () 40pp. Very good. Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary blue wrappers. Contents a little soiled and stained otherwise a very nice copy. This pamphlet is one half of the famous Ross Sabin pamphlet war that occurred after Ross's ill fated first arctic expedition. In this present work Sabin defends himself and describes his duties and observations of the voyage, refuting Ross's claim to having made them himself. This copy bears the signiture of Captain Henry Kater (1777-1835) who with Sabin made extensive researches into the beating of pendulums.
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