History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the NorthAuthor: Forster, John Reinhold (1729 1798) Year: 1786 Publisher: Luke White & Pat Byrne Place: London Description: [8]+xvi+489+[1 blank]+[30] pages with folding engraved frontispiece map and one other folding map. Quarto (11 1 2" x 9") bound in half period calf. The frontispiece map is "A New and Improved Map of the Countries situated about the North Pole as far as the 50th Degree" (31x31 cm.). "A learned account of various expeditions for discovering