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    Reference 2130 (2448)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Franklin, John
    Title Capt. Franklin's JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1819-20-21-22: WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND JOURNEY IN 1825-26-27 IN FOUR VOLUMES. Volumes 2,3,4 and Brief account ONLY
    Publishing Information London: John Murray, 1829.
    Description 1829 Small Volume Edition: Mixed Set, Pocket sized books.14cmx9cm. Illustrated with woodcuts. NO MAPS PRESENT. VOLUMES 2, 3 AND 4 ONLY. Vol 2 vi, 268 pages. (Volume 2 has binders errors: Pencil annotation on page 258 saying "skip next two pages which are 257,258 259. Wrong volume" crosses over pages, these pages are from Volume 3, then the correct page 259 from Vol 2 and the next pages 260, 261 and 262 correct then the following pages (261, 262, 263, 264) again have pencil crosses and are from Volume 3. The correct pages 263 to 268 for Volume 2 then follow.) Volume 2 Covers detached, parts of spine missing. Front pages up to page 1 attached to front cover. Rest of text block sound, age toning to pages. Volume 3 is bound together with Volume 4 along with brief account of the second journey. Covers worn and the spine reads Franklins Voyages II 1813-1827 but the contents are Volume III and IV. Again illustrated with some woodcuts. Vol 3 vi, 265 pages, Vol 4 i, 269 pages The binding is different from that for Volume I. Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale bookplate verso front cover, front hinge splitting, contents clean. Some foxing. The Coppermine Expedition of 1819 to 1822 had as its goal the exploration of the northern coast of Canada and was funded by the Royal Navy as part of it's search for the Northwest Passage the expedition was plagued by a cobination of bad-luck, poor planning and poor choice of allies as well as worse than usual weather leaving the expedition continually close to starvation. The expedition, led by Franklin, also included George Back and John Richardson, both of whom would become significant Arctic explorers in their own right. The desperate retreat soon after making the coast, across uncharted territory in a state of starvation, left eleven of the twenty strong party dead before the survivors were rescued by native people of the Yellowknife tribe. Franklin was much criticized for haphazard planning and failure to adapt to the circumstances he faced, but in Britain he was received as a hero.
    Price £40.00
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