76/1944 [(Ant)arctica]. Parry, W.E. Reis ter ontdekking van eene noordwestelijke doorvaart uit de Atlantische in de Stille Zee, gedaan in de jaren 1819 en 1820 door de schepen The Hecla en The Griper, onder het bevel van W.E. Parry. Uit het Engelsch. Amst., J. van der Hey, 1822, XII,333,(1)p., engr. title w. vignette by P. VELYN, 1 large fold. map w. handcol. routes, 1 fold. plan, 1 plate and 1 fold. aquatint plate, contemp. marbled boards w. giltlettered title-piece on spine.

- Aquatint plate w. repaired tear; some sl. occas. foxing. Backstrip worn/ sl. dam. at extremities; covers sl. rubbed.

= Cat. NHSM p.304f; Chavanne 1436; Holland p.191; Sabin 58860; cf. Arctic Bibliography 13145. The first Dutch translation of the account of Parry's first travel (first ed. London, 1821). Hill 1311: "Entering what has since been called Parry or Viscount Melville Sound in September, he [Parry] reached longitude 110° West, thereby earning a reward of £5,000 that was offered by Parliament to the first ship's company that should attain that meridian". "In northern Hudson Bay, Parry sailed north of Southampton Island instead of south, the route preferred by previous navigators, thus becoming the first to sail to the Frozen Strait. He then confirmed Middleton's discovery of Repulse Bay. In late August, having found no passage through Repulse Bay, he explored the coast of Melville Peninsula north and named, among other features, Haviland Bay, Bushnan and Vansittart islands, Gore Bay, and Lyon and Hoppner inlets." (Holland).