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Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835
de Back, George, Capt
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London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo, pp. x,[2], 663, [1]; large folding map and 16 engraved plates; 20th-century gray morocco backed marbled boards, gilt ruled spine, marbled edges; plates foxed with some damp on upper edge, map with closed tears and neat repairs but one fold with split, text clean and sound, very good. "Expedition via Montreal overland to north central Canada to succor members of the Second Ross Expedition, and incidentally to make scientific observations and survey an unknown section of the Arctic coast..." (Arctic Bibliography). "Back's Narrative is crowded with details of his intercourse with the Crees, Chippewyans, Dog Rib and Coppermine Indians, upon whom he, as well as Captain Franklin, were obliged to depend in great measure for subsistence during the terrible privations of an Arctic winter" (Field). Arctic Bibliography 851; Field 64; Sabin 2631; Streeter 3705.
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- Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835
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- Back, George, Capt
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