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FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. 1823
FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. 30 engraved or aquatint plates, including 11 hand-colored; 4 folding engraved maps, including one partly hand-colored in outline. 4to, mid-19th-century 1/2 calf, spine darkened and worn, front joint partly cracked; frontispiece and title severely browned, plates and maps variously foxed. London, 1823
- Notes: first edition. "This famous journey was made to the mouth of the Coppermine River . . . It is one of the most terrible journeys on record, many of the party dying from cold, hunger, or murder. The distance travelled was some 5,500 miles, and Franklin''s narrative at once became a classic of travel literature"--Hill 635. Abbey Travel 635; Arctic Bibliography 5194; Books on Ice 3.1; Lande 1181.
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