Journal of a voyage to Greenland, in the year 1821 : with graphic illustrations / by George William Manby, Esq.
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
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts G740 .M36 1822+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
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, 44195BAC: 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.
Contents:
Plates: General map of the Polar Ice in the Greenland Sea -- Piece of ice with stalactite -- Heavy ice with ice blink -- Stream of ice -- Hummoch resembling a temple -- Sailing ice -- Hummock of ice resembling a bear -- Remarkable piece of ice resting on columns -- Fragment of an ice berg -- Striking a whale with third harpoon -- Close packed ice -- A boat going on the tail of a fish -- A whale upsetting a boat -- Floe of ice -- Field of ice with water blink -- Direct lead through patch ice -- Lancing the whale -- Compact patch ice -- A bear attacking a boat -- Larus Parasiticus or Arctic Gull -- Beeringberg from N.E. of Jan Mayne.
Subject Terms:
Scoresby, William, 1760–1829. | Greenland -- Description and travel. | Whaling -- Greenland. | Whaling -- Great Britain. | Glaciers -- Greenland. | Voyages and travels. | Natural history -- Greenland. | Harpoons -- History. | Currer, Frances Mary Richardson -- Bookplate.
G. and W. B. Whittaker, publisher. | Clowes, William, printer. | Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850, printer of plates. | Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863, lithographer.