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Scoresby, William - Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World, for Magnetical Research
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| Schrijver: | Scoresby, William |
| Titel: | Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World, for Magnetical Research |
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| Uitgever: | London, Longman, Green, 1859 first edition |
| Bijzonderheid: | 8vo, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering label, rubbed and marked, marbled end papers. xlviii, 96, 315 pages |
| Prijs: | € 650,00 |
| Meer info | with half-title, engraved portrait, folding hand-coloured engraved map (creased), coloured diagrams in the text, errata slip, occasional spotting. "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..."To the love of science and the devotion to the cause of humanity which led Dr. Scoresby to undertake this voyage at an advanced age of his life, he may be said to have fallen martyr. He did not live to prepare his journal for the press..." |
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