Fitz roy robert fitzroy (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in mylar cover.; 1969 facsimile reprint of the 1846 London first edition. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 202 x 128mm. "This book, tenth in the Hocken Library series of reprints, is a true facsimile of the original edition of 1846. Dr T. M. Hocken in his âBibliography of the Literature relating to New Zealandâ notes the original as a work of great rarity, stating that only sixty copies were issued. Captain Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, first came to notice for the excellence of his hydrographic work when in command of H. M. S. Beagle during the âthirties, accompanied by the naturalist Charles Darwin. During 1835 Fitzroy had briefly visited the Bay of Islands concerning which, in 1838, he gave evidence favourable to the missionaries before a Select Committee of the House of Lords. In December 1843 he assumed office as second Governor of New Zealand, commencing and administration bedevilled by lack of finance and inadequate military resources, an administration that began amidst the racial strife of the Wairau Massacre and ended with the rebellion of Heke in the North. Unashamedly philo-Maori, Fitzroy sought a policy of conciliation that by his own lights was both politic and just, a policy systematically villified by the New Zealand Company and its colonists, and uncomprehended by the Colonial Office half a world distant. The present work is at once an apologia for his governorship and an indictment of the organised settlement of New Zealand. Recalled in 1845 for failing to observe his Instructions, Fitzroy was later to record a career of distinct as a meteorologist, establishing the first weather forecasting service in Great Britain. Elected to the Royal Society in 1851, he rose eventually to the rank of Vice-Admiral, before taking his own life in 1865." - from dust-jacket blurb.…

First edition copy of FitzRoy's pioneering work on weather forecasting. Often recognised for his time as the captain of the HMS Beagle during Darwin's infamous voyage, FitzRoy was also also the founder of what is now known as the Met Office and conducted invaluable research into understanding the patterns and movement of the weather (he is the originator of the term 'forecast'). With 16 lithograph plates, two in colour on blue paper, an appendix and index at the rear, pp. [xii], 464, [iv], [16 plates], [4-page advertisement]. First Edition. Bound in blue horizontally ruled cloth, gilt titles to spine, brown endpapers. Octavo In good condition, rubbing to corners and edges, gilt bright, cloth a little marked but generally clean, hinges weak and starting to perish, textblock reasonably firm and square, 1cm tear to inner fold of one plate, very light water stain to pp. 141 - 144, some light foxing, pages otherwise clean.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. , Volume I xxviii, [4], 597 pp +errata. Volume II xiv [2], 694 pp. Appendix Volume,viii, 352 pp., 54 black and white plates which include 7 folding maps (6 of which are loose). The loose maps are all facsimiles and not originals. First Edition , rebound, all three books in similar condition, externally clean and sound, a few small repairs to preliminary pages, a little scattered foxing to plates, vol 2 has water stains to early plates, overall in very good condition , quarter cream and pale blue paper over boards, black titles to spine labels, new endpapers , Octavo, 23.5 cm x 15 cm Hardback ISBN.…