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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History
de Franklin, John Captain
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London: John Murray, 1823. xvi,768 pp. Quarto. Bound in half 19th century half straight grain dark blue morocco and blue cloth. Spine ruled in six compartments. Horizontal fillets. Gilt center tool of a sailing ship. Top edge trimmed and other edges untrimmed. Outer joints a bit worn. Marbled endpapers. Half title. Thirty plates (including twelve hand-coloured) and four folding maps (at end). A few plates with a small marginal tide line. Most of the original plate tissues present. Errata at the end of the text. 8 pages of Murray's ads dated 1823 at the end. Generally, a very nice clean attractive superior copy. AB 5194; Hill p.111 (first Issue), Peel 80, Lande 1181, TPL 1248. Classic overland travel narrative with an important appendix on natural history. The journey was made to the mouth of the Coppermine River and then on to Point Turnagain. The party travelling overland some 5,500 miles with the aid of canoes, during which many of the party died from cold, hunger, or murder. The plates were engraved by Finden, from drawings by Hood, Back and Kendall. With the bookplate of Edward Thomas on the front pastedown. John Richardson wrote the important Botanical appendix to the volume. The earliest issue with all of the folding maps dated March 1823. It was after this harrowing journey that Franklin was referred to as "The man who ate his boots!" Not a rare book but very hard to find a special copy like this. 1823
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- Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History
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- Franklin, John Captain
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- John Murray
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- London
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- 1823
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- Arctic|Overland|Polar|Search for Franklin|Sir John Franklin|Western Canada
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