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New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886. First Edition. Account of the American expedition of 1881-84, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, which explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and Hayes Sound on Ellesmere. All but seven members of the party perished of starvation before the survivors were rescued at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. Arctic Bib. 6118. cfNational Maritime Museum I 971. large 8vo. p. xxv, 428; xii, [1 leaf], 444. engraved frontis. portrait of Greely by Charles Schlecht, 41 plates, most engraved after photographs by George W.Rice, photographer of the expedition., 2 folding facsimiles, 81 text illus., & 9 maps (4 folding – 1 coloured – 1 in rear pocket). contemporary full dark red calf, all edges gilt (bit rubbed, marginal dampstaining to portions of text & to plates – entering image of some plates in Vol. II). elala5678

London: Printed For Mawman By R.Watts, 1817. First Edition. A lieutenant in the British Navy, Chappell made two separate voyages in the ship Rosamond to the northeast coast of Canada, the first in 1813 to Newfoundland and Labrador to patrol the British North American fisheries, and the second in 1814 to Hudson’s Bay to convoy two vessels of the Hudson’s Bay Company and a Moravian mission brig. A considerable portion of this journal of the second voyage is devoted to an interesting and sympathetic account of the Inuit of the Hudson’s Bay region and Labrador. Chappell also describes six coast and river forts of the Hudson’s Bay Company at the time, i.e. Churchill, York, Severn, Moose, Albany, and East Main, and expresses profound disapproval of the monopolistic and secretive policies of the company. Included are a vocabulary of the Cree or Knisteneaux First Nation and some brief discussion of Lord Selkirk’s Red River Settlement. Arctic Bib. 2994. Lande 1117. Pilling, Eskimo, p. 72. Sabin… Leer más

London: William Heinemann, 1913. First Edition of the English Translation. Account of the expedition to the northeast coast of Greenland to recover the written records of the ill-fated Denmark expedition of 1906-08, which had been led by Ludwig Mylius-Erichsen. Together with his engineer Iversen as his sole companion, Mikkelsen undertook a series of harrowing sledge journeys, during which they succeeded in finding the aforementioned records and also disproved the existence of Peary Channel. When they returned to Shannon Island they found the rest of the crew had left (they had returned home on a whaler). Finding provisions and a small cottage made from salvaged timber from the icebound ship the 'Alabama', the pair managed to survive two winters before being rescued by a Norwegian whaler in 1912. Arctic Bib. 11428. 8vo. pp. xviii, 399, [1]. large folding map. 111 photo illus. on 36 plates (35 double-page). original silver-stamped cloth (few spots on rear cover, silver stamping faded on lower spine,… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

Frankfurt am Mayn: Matthes Becker, 1599. De Veer's narrative, originally published in 1598, describes the three successive Dutch voyages in search of the north-east passage to the East Indies commanded by Willem Barents [d. 1597], two in company with Jan Huygen van Linschoten,. On the first (1594), Barents and his crew reached and sailed along the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaigatz to the Kara Sea as far as the mouth of the Ob. The following year, their attempt to navigate the strait between the Asiatic coast and Vaigatz Island was thwarted by ice. The third and last voyage, which occupies most of De Veer's narrative, is by far the most celebrated and ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of Polar exploration. Bear Island and Spitsbergen were sighted on the voyage out, and the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was rounded before Barents' ship was beset and crushed by ice. The crew was forced to spend the entire winter on the island, the earliest recorded over-wintering this far north.… Leer más

London: Printed for G.G.J. and J.Robinson, 1786. First Edition of the English Translation. A comprehensive overview of northern explorations from ancient to modern times, including accounts of the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, and Russian voyages in search of the northwest and northeast passages from 1497-1780: those of John Cabot, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, George Weymouth, Henry Hudson, Luke Fox, Thomas James, James Cook, &c. The work was originally published in German at Frankfurt in 1784. A distinguished naturalist, one of the earliest authorities on North American zoology, and fellow of the Royal Society, Forster accompanied Cook on his second voyage of 1772-75. Arctic Bib. 5161. Bell F144. Dionne II 869. Gagnon II 807. Howes F-269. JCB II 3071. Lande S785. Sabin 25138. Smith 3214A. TPL 528. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., xvi, 489, [15]index, [1]errata, [2]ads. with half-title. 3 folding engraved maps. contemporary tree calf (extremities worn, joints partly cracked, occasional… Leer más

London: Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies..., 1801. First Edition of “the earliest expedition made by a white man in this direction. His investigations, although pursued at so early a period of Arctic exploration, were remarkable for their accuracy; Sir John Franklin more than once expressed his surprise at being able to corroborate their correctness in his own explorations. Some Indian vocabularies are included...". (Sabin) Mackenzie's journals recount his two expeditions undertaken on behalf of the North West Company in its attempt to break the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly of the fur trade. The first expedition, in 1789, from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska down Slave River to Great Slave Lake and then down what is now known as the Mackenzie River to the Arctic constitutes the first recorded trip to the Arctic from the Canadian prairies; the second, in 1792-93, from Fort Chipewyan along the Peace River, over the Rocky Mountains, and down the Bella Coola River to the Pacific, is distinguished… Leer más

London: Hurst And Blackett, 1857. First Edition. Armstrong was surgeon-naturalist of the H.M.S. Investigator on the 1850-54 expedition under command of Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, sent to continue the search for the missing John Franklin by way of Bering Strait. It was on this voyage that the North-West passage was discovered, for which McClure was knighted and he and his crew shared a reward of £10,000. The expedition discovered Prince of Wales Strait between Banks and Viscount Melville Sound before being blocked by ice less than thirty miles from Viscount Melville Sound. Armstrong's narrative details the exploration by sledge parties of Banks and Victoria Islands, the 'freezing in' and abandonment of the Investigator at Bay of Mercy in 'Banks' (later renamed M'Clure) Strait, and the starving crew's rescue by the Resolute commanded by Captain Henry Kellett in 1854. Also included are details regarding weather and ice conditions, flora and fauna, the Inuit, and the health of the crew. The… Leer más

2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. lii, 506 + 30(ads); vii, 363, ccxxxiii, [1]. 2 folding coloured lithographed maps, 6 lithographed plates (4 coloured) & numerous wood-engravings in the text (incl. 10 topographical sketches, some full-page). original blind-stamped cloth (spines repaired, new endpapers, cloth bit discoloured & corners & edges slightly frayed, some light foxing to plates & dampmark to one corner of one frontis.). First Edition. Sutherland served as surgeon-naturalist on Capt. William Penny's Franklin search expedition of 1850-51. The Lady Franklin and Sophia sailed from Aberdeen through Davis Strait to the west coast of Greenland, through Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound to Cornwallis Island. The party wintered there at Assistance Harbour and conducted boat and sledge journeys in Barrow Strait and around Wellington Channel on the shores of Devon, Beechey and Cornwallis Islands. The appendix includes the reports of the traveling parties and narratives of the sledge excursions by Sutherland, Capt.… Leer más

2 Volumes. 8vo. 1 p.l., [v]-xxvi, [2], 472; iv, 330, [2], [331]-452. lacking half-title in Vol. I? 3 folding engraved maps, 23 engraved & aquatint plates (4 double-page), & 1 text illus. A near fine set in contemporary calf, all edges gilt (some light wear, some spotting to covers, bookplate removed from front paste-downs). First Octavo Edition of "one of the most valuable of modern voyages." (Hill)Beechey's expedition was sent to explore uncharted areas of the Pacific, to pass eastward through Bering Strait while charting the coast, and to attempt to meet up with two expeditions seeking the northwest passage from the east, one overland from the Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) led by John Franklin and one naval from Prince Regent Inlet commanded by William Edward Parry. Beechey and Franklin came within 146 miles of each other, one of Beechey's vessels managing to penetrate as far as Point Barrow, Alaska, while Franklin turned back at Return Reef at about 149 degrees west. Beechey's narrative contains… Leer más

Frankfurt & Leipzig: Johann Georg Fleischer, 1774. First Edition. Scarce (Howes' 'b' rating). Steller, a German zoologist and botanist, was one of the scientists who participated in Vitus Bering's second expedition, 1734-43, in search of a northern sea route from Russia to North America. One of the largest exploratory expeditions ever undertaken, the Great Northern Expedition accomplished the mapping of most of the Arctic coast of Siberia, much of the northern and northeastern coast of Russia and the Kuril Islands, and discovered Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, the Commander Islands, and Bering Island. The present account of Kamchatka, and the manners and customs of its native inhabitants is based on Steller's wintering in 1740 on the east coast of the peninsula and includes passages relating to Alaska, where Steller and other crew members became the first Europeans to set foot in 1741 at Kayak Island. Steller also survived a winter on Bering Island, Alaska, where many of the crew including Bering died… Leer más

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1902. Illlustrated account of travels east from Great Slave Lake via Artillery Lake and Thelon River to the confluence of the Dubawnt River, Tyrrell's exploration of the upper Thelon region, and C.C.Fairchild's completion of the survey of Aberdeen, Schultz and Baker Lakes in 1900. See Arctic Bib. 18140 (different issue with different pagination & incl. 22 maps). 8vo. pp. 62, [blank leaf], 207-329. 61 plates. 2 sketch maps in text. wrs. (rear wr. detached)

Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Co., Edinburgh & Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 1823. First Edition. Scoresby’s regular whaling voyages to the Greenland fishery gradually came to involve exploration and the study of the natural history of the Arctic regions; he was largely encouraged in the latter regard through his correspondence with Joseph Banks. This work is an account of his 1822 voyage, which combined several weeks whaling with the exploration of the Scoresby Sound region (on this voyage Scoresby named Scoresby land and Scoresby Sound) and approximately 800 miles of the East Greenland coast, searching for Esquimaux settlements and making scientific observations. He describes ice and weather conditions, optical phenomena, and ruins of Esquimaux dwellings and their burial places. Appended is a list of rock specimens by W.Jameson, an annotated list of 45 species of plants by Sir W.J.Hooker, a list of animals, a meteorological table and extracts from the journals of two other… Leer más

New Bedford, MA: Published at the New Bedford Whaling Museum by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. First Edition. 4to. pp. 127. colour frontis. & numerous text illus. & maps. wrs. (sticker at head of spine)

Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, [1916]. First Canadian Edition. Bartlett was captain of the Karluk, the ship carrying the northern party of the Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-16 led by Vilhjalmar Stefansson. He recounts his voyage north to Alaska from Esquimault, the departure of Stefansson and others to search for fresh meat when the ship was trapped by ice, the drift in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, the sinking of the Karluk, the sledge journey to Wrangell Island, and the eventual rescue of the survivors. Almost half of the crew died on the expedition. cfArctic Bib. 1112. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 329. 4 maps & 22 plates. Untrimmed & partly unopened in original cloth (library pocket on rear paste-down & number on lower spine, otherwise very good, with no other marking)