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The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, a Personal Narrative
de Kane, Elisha Kent
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. First Edition. Octavo. Second issue. 552pp., 12 engraved plates and textual woodcuts, three maps of which one is folding. Kane was a medical doctor and entered the navy in order to travel. He was wounded in the Mexican-American war. He volunteered to join in the rescue mission in 1850-51 in search of Sir John Franklin in the Arctic region. Nine ships spent sixteen months in the Arctic. He would later join another expedition in search of Franklin. This time he would be Commander of the expedition. Bound in publisher's brown pictorial gilt cloth depicting sailing ships, fish and anchor within blind stamped diamond frame, pictorial gilt spine, pale yellow endpapers, upper board has dampstaining to lower corner, plates and a few pages have a stain. For some odd reason, the stain did not got throughout the leaves, very small tear to head. A very good copy.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- 021975
- Título
- The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, a Personal Narrative
- Autor
- Kane, Elisha Kent
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Harper and Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1854
- Palabras clave
- Expedition Sir John Franklin Grinnell Maps Illustrations Engravings
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel and Exploration;
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