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FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827. 1828

FRANKLIN, JOHN, Sir. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827. 31 engraved or etched plates; 6 folding engraved maps, including one partly hand-colored in outline. Errata leaf at end. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, rebacked with buckram retaining chipped original backstrip; title loose, with upper and lower margins trimmed, scattered foxing on some plates and maps, preliminary pages [viii]-xxiv bound between pages 8 and 9. London, 1828

  • Notes: first edition. Franklin''s second inland expedition "mapped a large section of the North American mainland, and collected significant scientific information and specimens"--Books on Ice 3.2. Abbey Travel 636; Arctic Bibliography 5198; Hill 636; Lande 1182.
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