A

VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY,

MADE UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE ADMIRALTY,

IN

HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS

ISABELLA AND ALEXANDER,

FOR THE PURPOSE OF

EXPLORING BAFFIN'S BAY,

AND ENQUIRING INTO THE PROBABILITY

OF A

North-West Passage.

BY JOHN ROSS, K. S. CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY.

SECOND EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers-Street;

FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

VISCOUNT MELVILLE,

BARON DUNEIRA,

FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, &c. &c. &c.

THIS WORK,

WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,

IS

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S

MOST OBEDIENT

AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,

JOHN ROSS.