Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828,29,30, Performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer, under the command of the Late Captain Henry Foster, F.R.S. &c. By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

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London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 2 volumes. 8vo. Later half calf. Spines with morocco title labels and raised bands. With five aquatint plates and two frontispiece maps (one folding). Top edges gilt. Other edges uncut. Some minor discolouration to the lower spines otherwise a very good set, uncut and internally very clean. 'Dr Webster was the surgeon on board this British expedition to southern waters to take pendulum observations and to chart Staten Island and the South Shetlands. Certain scientific problems in the fields of magnetism, navigation, currents, meteorology, geology, and oceanography were also studied for the Royal Society. The commander, Captain Foster, had been astronomer to Sir William Edward Parry on his third voyage and was himself a distinguished Arctic explorer. In 1831 Foster was unfortunately drowned in a canoe accident in Panama towards the end of this voyage. Among the officers were Lt. H.F. Austin and Sir Richard Collinson, both of whom were later involved in the search for Sir John Franklin. The Chanticleer visited Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Patagonia, Staten Island, the South Shetland Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, St Helena, and several Brazilian and Spanish South American Ports'. (Hill iip.612).