Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait. 1850-55

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1st Edition. xi,[1],531pp. Octavo. Illustrated with 2 plates (one colour lithograph and one photogravure portrait) and 6 coloured folding maps. Bound in original gilt decorated blue cloth. Old bookplate on front paste down and a small label removed from the front free endpaper. A fine clean copy. AB 3351. Account of the Franklin Search expedition under Sir Richard Collinson in the 'Enterprise,' to search via Bering Strait eastward into Canadian arctic waters. The 'Enterprise' being delayed, wintered in Prince of Wales Strait 1851-2, after exploring around Banks Island. The next season the ship sailed through Dolphin, Union and Dease Straits to winter in Cambridge Bay and explored by sledge around the east of Victoria Island 1852-3, before returning westward to winter in Camden Bay, Alaska in 1853-54, returning home the following season. During the voyage, members of the expedition made observations on meteorology, currents, physiography, flora, fauna, and the Eskimos of Victoria Island. Seller Inventory # 121953

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