W. Scoresby: Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World for Magnetical Research

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W. Scoresby : Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World for Magnetical Research

Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, London, 1859.

Rebacked preserving the original full cloth boards and flat spine, title in gilt on spine. , Occasional pencil marginalia, otherwise a very good copy., 8vo, P. half-title, blank (2), frontis, title, blank, contents, blank, errata slip, vii-xlviii, 1-96, 1-315, blank, advertisements 1-24., With two plates: the engraved frontispiece and a folding map of the world. The publishers embossed stamp is on the upper right hand corner of the title page.

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The voyage was undertaken by Dr. Scoresby in the Ship Royal Charter, with the object of observing the changes which take place in the magnetic state of an iron ship proceeding from a northern to a southern magnetic latitude, and of deciding certain questions as to the best mode of correcting the deviations of the compass in such a ship (Introduction)., Maggs 2350

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