Lot 7
From the Personal Library of Captain Sir John Ross (1777-1856)
Lot 7 Details
From the Personal Library of Captain Sir John Ross (1777-1856), British
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, MADE UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE ADMIRALTY, IN HIS MAJESTIES SHIPS ISABELLA AND ALEXANDER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING BAFFIN'S BAY AND INQUIRING INTO THE PROBABILITY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, 1819
4to., 3 volumes, author's edition, with his transcribed notes documenting the 1817 naval correspondence between Admiral Sir George Hope and Captain John Ross regarding a potential expedition to discover a Northwest Passage
Estimate $10,000-$15,000
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Ross's manuscript pages bound into the volumes begin by documenting the 1817 correspondence between Admiral Sir George Hope and Captain John Ross regarding the potential expedition to discover a Northwest Passage, with pages of notes regarding his conflict with Edward Sabine, including a transcribed page from Sabine's logbook, and notes with such titles as 'The Deviation of the Magnetic North', 'Lancaster Sound' (location of the infamous 'Croker Mountains') and 'Copy of a Letter to Mrs. Ross', to name a few.