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Phipps, Constantine John. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE N

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Phipps, Constantine John.  A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE N
Phipps, Constantine John. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE UNDERTAKEN BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND 1773. London: W. Boyer & J. Nichols for J. Nourse 1774 4to. viii,253(2,directions to binder)pp. Fifteen plates & maps, some folding, folding tables.. Old full polished calf, nicely done later reback. Minor edge wear, just a touch of scattered foxing, but a very good, large copy.

Sabin 62572; Hill p.207; not in Arctic Bibl. Phipps, later Lord Mulgrave, was sent out to find a route to India via the North Pole, but of course was blocked by ice near Spitsbergen. A teen-aged Horatio Nelson was a midshipman with the expedition. This was the last British attempt at arctic exploration until the end of the Napoleonic wars, when Ross & Buchan were sent out in 1818.