Expedition to Spitzbergen: journal

Original Journal of an expedition to Spitzbergen in H.M.S. Hecla, from 25 March to 1 November, 1827. One of the inserted unnumbered leaves contains a list of the contents of a 'Medicinal chest in Polar boats'.

1827

114 pp. + 4 ll. (last bl.). 8vo. 20 x 121/2 cm. Unbound.

Presented 1907.

This expedition was an attempt to reach the North Pole by way of Spitzbergen: it was under the command of Captain (afterwards Rear Admiral) (Sir) William Edward Parry (1790-1855).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).