BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856). A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, Under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R. N.; 1818… London: Richard Bentley, 1843. 8vo. Illustrated with folding route map, 4 engraved plates and 2 folding panoramas. [xii], [1]-[352] pp. Publisher's full blue cloth, boards and spine decoratively stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (spine toned and edgeworn, some rubbing, bumping to boards, front hinge broken, rear hinge cracked, a few gutters starting, some foxing to text and plates, map has tape repair on verso near stub, skewed, rfep. a bit chipped on fore-edge). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS ACCOUNT OF THE FAILED ATTEMPT BY THE ROYAL NAVY TO TRAVEL TO ASIA BY WAY OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN. During this 1818 expedition, Beechey was the second in command to Sir John Franklin aboard the H. M. S. Trent. Arctic Bibliography 1230. Sabin 4349.