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Ross, Sir John.
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage ... During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 ... Including the Reports of Capt. J.C. Ross ... and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1835. Quarter-Leather 8vo., pp. vi, [i] (Dedication), xvi, [17]-475, 2 plates, fold. map (Litho. by Thierry Freres), quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands. Covers scuffed, medium foxing incldg. plates and map, else nice, tight book. Ross's second expedition spent fo ur winters in the arctic but only lost three men as Ross was among the first to note the importance of living and eating like the Innuit; the expedition is also noteworthy for J.C. Ross's discovery of the magnetic north pole. cf TPL 7386.
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