PARRY (William Edouard). VOYAGE FAIT EN 1819 ET 1820 SUR LES - Lot 201

PARRY (William Edouard). VOYAGE FAIT EN 1819 ET 1820 SUR LES VAISSEAUX DE S.M.B., L'HECLA ET LE GRIPER. Paris, librairie de Gide fils, 1822. In-8, 300 (out of 302) pages, fawn half-basin, smooth spine decorated (period binding). The first French translation by Defauconpret, this was the first voyage made by the famous navigator Edouard Parry to discover a northwest passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Packed with copious details of sailing conditions (scurvy, vegetables grown in chambers, a dog fighting a wolf...) and the difficulties encountered, this voyage led to many discoveries: the navigation route to the Bering Strait, islands, fjords, capes... It contains 2 BEAUTIFUL COLOR-HEAVED fold-out maps, one of Captain Parry's discoveries and the other of the Boreal polar regions. Ex-libris conte Cesare S. Martino Della Motta. Blushes, false title missing. (Brunet IV, 388) (Chadenat, 4377).