The Journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries towards the North Pole

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Title: The Journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries towards the North Pole
Published / Created: 1774.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: F. Newbery
Description: Not the same as Lord Mulgrave's Voyage to the North Pole, 1773. The anonymous author is referred to in the text as "our journalist, and was aboard the Carcase when the ships parted.
LWL 49 1609 31:6: Horace Walpole's marks; and his notes including (on title-page): January 21st.
LWL 49 1609 31:6: Horace Walpole's title: Voyage to the North Pole.
Calf, with Horace Walpole's manuscript list of contents.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill Sale, day iii, lot 110, to Thorpe, £36.15.0; offered in Thorpe's Supplement for 1842; purchased by Henry Labouchere, later Baron Taunton; sold by his grandson at Sotheby's, 2 December 1920 (Stanley Sale), lots 454-5, to Quaritch, £248; sold by Quaritch to Sir Leicester Harmsworth. Harmsworth Trustees (through Quaritch), June 1938, to W.S. Lewis,
Extent: 1 p. l., 11 p. 21 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English