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    Reference 4331 (2425)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Murray Smith, D
    Title ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS from BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHORES from the earliest to the expedition of 1875-76.
    Publishing Information Glasgow: Thomas Liddell, 1877.
    Description 1st Edition: xiv, 824 pages. Original leather covers, gilt page edges. Contents: In 15 parts. Part 1 covers early Norse navigators, Part 2 The East, routes around Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope, Part 3 North-west passage to India for England suggested, Part 4 Nelson's adventures in the "Carcass" around Spitzbergen, Part 5 covers Parry and Franklin 1821-27, Part 6, Parry and Ross 1827-33, Part 7, Franklin's last and fatal Expedition, Dr. John Rae's first expedition. Part 8, The Franklin Search, Part 9, On Franklin's Track, Part 10, Discovery of a North West Passage, Part 11, Expedition under Sir Edward Belcher, Part 12, The Fate of Franklin, Part 13, Arctic Expeditions from Foreign Shores, Part 14, Recent European Expeditions, Part 15, The Great English Expedition of 1875-76. Shelf wear, some minor spotting, mainly to page edges, complete with all full page illustrations and coloured folding maps as called for. The large folding map of the Polar Sea Chart is laid in and there is a small part missing.The other folding map and engraved plates, some of which are coloured, are in good order and depict various scenes including hunting scenes,sledging,eminent explorers etc.This is a lovely example of a rare and also very heavy book.
    Price £675.00
    Keywords qpolarq S1-Arc
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