Explanation And Answer To Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement To Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative Of A Second Voyage In the Victory In Search Of A North-West Passage.

Ross, Sir John (1777-1856)

Published by London A.W. Webster 1835, 1835

About this Item

First Edition. 8pp. Quarto. Original printed brown wrappers. Black lettering. Reviews of Captain Sir John Ross's Second Voyage printed on the back of the cover page. Some browning around the edges of the cover. Foxed pages. Small tears on the bottom right corner. Fine condition. This pamphlet is part of the pamphlet war between Ross and Braithwaite about the boilers on the Victory. The failure of Ross' Second Arctic Expedition was attributed to the boilers in Ross' "Narrative of a Second Voyage. Braithwaite defended his machinery in "Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross." Thus, in this particular pamphlet, Ross refutes Braithwaite's defense of the reliability of his boilers. There are two issues of the pamphlet. This example, has a printed advertisement on the verso of the outer wrapper, states in a letter to the editor of the Times, that Ross would provide gratis a copy of his pamphlet to any of just about anyone that would want a copy. This perhaps explains why Ross's pamphlet is much more common than Braithwaite's. The second issue has an extra advertisement on the rear of the front wrapper for Ross's Narrative and the Appendix which appeared much later. At the bottom of the page Ross indicates he will include a free copy of the pamphlet with every supplement. An interesting and rare arctic pamphlet.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explanation And Answer To Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement To Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative Of A Second Voyage In the Victory In Search Of A North-West Passage.
• Publisher: London A.W. Webster 1835
• Publication Date: 1835
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • polar
  • North-West Passage