Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Subtitle: performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla
By: under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition. Illustrated by numerous plates. Published by authority of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty
Publisher: John Murray, publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
Subjects: Eskimos; Social life and customs; Hecla (Ship); Inuit language; Inupiaq dialect; Indian linguistics; British; Glossaries, vocabularies; Arctic peoples; Fury (Ship); Natural history; Discovery and exploration
Notes: "London: printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court": verso of title page leaf and colophon, p. [1], 5th count.

"Some further account of the Esquimaux of Melville Peninsula and the adjoining islands: more particularly Winter Island and Igloolik", p. 492-558, contains remarks on pronunciation, noun formation, verb conjugations, prepositions, gestural communication, numerals 1-10 in the Inuit language, temporal and calendrical terms, and colors.

Contains a sample of Eskimo music: p. 542.

"Vocabulary of Esquimaux words and sentences": p. [559]-571.

Signatures: [A] a-d (d4 verso blank) B-4C 4D²

Errata: p. [1], 5th count.

All plates unnumbered except for those numbered no. 1-4 following 4 folded naval charts bound after p. [1], 5th count.

Sabin 58864.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full treed calf.