Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla
by Sir William Edward Parry
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Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla
1824, John Murray, publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude
in English
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"London: printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court": verso of title page leaf and colophon, p. [1], 5th count.
"Some further account of the Esquimaux of Melville Peninsula and the adjoining islands: more particularly Winter Island and Igloolik", p. 492-558, contains remarks on pronunciation, noun formation, verb conjugations, prepositions, gestural communication, numerals 1-10 in the Inuit language, temporal and calendrical terms, and colors.
Contains a sample of Eskimo music: p. 542.
"Vocabulary of Esquimaux words and sentences": p. [559]-571.
Signatures: [A] a-d (d4 verso blank) B-4C 4D²
Errata: p. [1], 5th count.
All plates unnumbered except for those numbered no. 1-4 following 4 folded naval charts bound after p. [1], 5th count.
Sabin 58864.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full treed calf.
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