Narrative Of A Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea In The Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22. By John Franklin, Captain and Commander of the Expedition. With an Appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. Illustrated by numerous plates and maps.
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USA. Charles E.Tuttle Company: Publishers. 1970 1st thus.. 10.5 x 8.0 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to black title labels on spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Grey endpapers. In titled card slipcase. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly creased at top end. Price clipped). Slip case slightly rubbed and bumped around edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 768 pp. With maps in pocket at back. Sir John Franklin’s brief was to survey the Northern Coast of North America to the east of Hudsons Bay. They set off in May 1819 and spent the next few years in the Arctic regions. This is Franklin’s own account of the expedition, with a short addition of the journal of Mr Beck.
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- Narrative Of A Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea In The Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22. By John Franklin, Captain and Commander of the Expedition. With an Appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. Illustrated by numerous plates and maps.
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- USA. Charles E.Tuttle Company: Publishers. 1970 1st thus.
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- FOREIGN TRAVEL::Antarctic / Arctic JOHN FRANKLIN, Narrative, Journey, Shores, Polar Sea, Years 1819-20-21-22, Hudsons Bay, Arctic, Mr Beck, journal, slip case, Tuttle,
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