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FORSTER, Johann Reinhold [1729-1798].
The History Of The Voyages And Discoveries Made In The North...
London: Printed for G.G.J. and J.Robinson, 1786..
4to. pp. 4 p.l., xvi, 489, [15]index, [1]errata, [2]ads. with half-title. 3 folding engraved maps. contemporary tree calf (extremities worn, joints partly cracked, occasional foxing, darkening along fold in 1 map & outer edge of another). First Edition of the English Translation. A comprehensive overview of northern explorations from ancient to modern times, including accounts of the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, and Russian voyages in search of the northwest and northeast passages from 1497-1780: those of John Cabot, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, George Weymouth, Henry Hudson, Luke Fox, Thomas James, James Cook, &c. The work was originally published in German at Frankfurt in 1784. A distinguished naturalist, one of the earliest authorities on North American zoology, and fellow of the Royal Society, Forster accompanied Cook on his second voyage of 1772-75. Arctic Bib. 5161. Bell F144. Dionne II 869. Gagnon II 807. Howes F-269. JCB II 3071. Lande S785. Sabin 25138. Smith 3214A. TPL 528.
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FRANKLIN, John [1786-1847].
Narrative Of A Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, In The Years 1819, 20, 21, And 22.
London: John Murray, 1823.
4to. pp. xvi, 768. lacking half-title & errata slip. 30 plates, engraved by Edward Finden & J.Curtis after drawings by Curtis, George Back & Robert Hood (11 hand-coloured - 9 of these aquatints). 4 folding engraved maps. 1 text illus. modern half calf (plates offset, foxing to first 2 leaves & some plates - generally light but rather heavy on frontis. & 3 botanical plates). First Edition, First Issue (with pp. 768 & maps dated March 1823). The record of Franklin's first Arctic expedition, fraught with hardship and tragedy, constitutes one of the classics in the annals of travel literature. In all, the party travelled 5,500 miles overland and with the aid of canoes, exploring the territory from York Factory to the mouth of the Coppermine River on Coronation Gulf, east along the Arctic coast as far as Point Turnagain, and back across the Barren Lands. Provisions were poor and scant, and on the return journey, many crew members died of cold and starvation; the young naval artist Robert Hood was murdered and another executed for the crime. The work also includes accounts by Richardson and Back (pp. 449-61, 477-90) of the last leg of the desperate journey across the Barren Lands, as well as a valuable appendix on the natural history of the region and scientific observations on the aurora borealis and the magnetic needle, by Richardson, Hood, Franklin and Sabine. Abbey, Travel, 635.Arctic Bib. 5194. Graff 1406. Lande 1181. National Maritime Museum I 827. Peel 80. Smith 3251. TPL 1248. Wagner-Camp 23:1 (calling for only 4 plates, in error). cfSabin 25624.
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FRANKLIN, John [1786-1847].
Narrative Of A Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, In The Years 1819, 20, 21, And 22. [UNIFORMLY BOUND WITH:] Narrative Of A Second Expedition To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, In The Years 1825, 1826, And 1827.
London: John Murray, 1823-28.
4to. pp. xvi, 768. xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [1], [1 leaf]errata. with half-title & errata slip in first volume. first vol. with 30 plates, engraved by Edward Finden & J.Curtis after drawings by Curtis, George Back & Robert Hood (12 hand-coloured - 9 of these aquatints), 4 folding engraved maps, & 1 text illus. second vol. with 31 plates, engraved by Edward Finden after drawings by George Back & E.N.Kendall, 6 folding engraved maps (l partly coloured in outline) & several text illus. contemporary calf, gilt back (corners worn, plates offset, scattered light foxing). First Editions. The record of Franklin's first Arctic expedition, fraught with hardship and tragedy, constitutes one of the classics in the annals of travel literature. In all, the party travelled 5,500 miles overland and with the aid of canoes, exploring the territory from York Factory to the mouth of the Coppermine River on Coronation Gulf, east along the Arctic coast as far as Point Turnagain, and back across the Barren Lands. Provisions were poor and scant, and on the return journey, many crew members died of cold and starvation; the young naval artist Robert Hood was murdered and another executed for the crime. The work also includes accounts by Richardson and Back (pp. 449-61, 477-90) of the last leg of the desperate journey across the Barren Lands, as well as a valuable appendix on the natural history of the region and scientific observations on the aurora borealis and the magnetic needle, by Richardson, Hood, Franklin and Sabine. National Maritime Museum I 828. Sabin 25624 (34 plates). TPL 7092. Abbey, Travel, 635 (but 1 map dated Apr.). cfArctic Bib. 5194. cfGraff 1406. cfLande 1181. cfPeel 151. cfSmith 3251. cfWagner-Camp 23:1. Franklin's second overland expedition in 1825-27 formed part of a double-pronged assault on the western approaches to the Arctic, undertaken in conjunction with Beechey's voyage to Bering's Strait. The expedition proceeded across North-western Canada to Fort Franklin on Great Slave Lake, and down the Mackenzie to its mouth. There a party under Richardson and Kendall split to explore eastward along the coast to the mouth of the Coppermine, while Franklin and Back headed westward along the coast toward Kotzebue Sound where they were to join up with Beechey. Franklin, however, turned back at Return Reef at about 149? west, while one of Beechey's vessels managed to penetrate only as far as Point Barrow, several hundred miles away. The narrative includes descriptions of the country traversed and of encounters with Esquimaux, notes on weather conditions, the Dogrib Indians, the burning coal cliffs beyond Cape Bathurst, &c. Abbey, Travel, 635. Arctic Bib. 5198. Graff 1407. Lande 1182. National Maritime Museum I 843. Peel 163. Sabin 25628 (7 maps). Smith 3255. Streeter VI 3699. TPL 1434 (5 maps). Wagner-Camp 35:1.
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FRANKLIN, John [1786-1847].
Narrative Of A Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, In The Years 1819, 20, 21, And 22...Second Edition.
London: John Murray, 1824..
2 Volumes bound in 1. 8vo. pp. xix, 370, [1]; 1 p.l., iv, [1 leaf], 399, [1]. with half-titles. 4 folding engraved maps (1 partly hand-coloured). 1 plan in the text. later half calf, rebacked with spine mounted. First Octavo Edition. The record of Franklin's first Arctic expedition, fraught with hardship and tragedy, constitutes one of the classics in the annals of travel literature. In all, the party travelled 5,500 miles overland and with the aid of canoes, exploring the territory from York Factory to the mouth of the Coppermine River on Coronation Gulf, east along the Arctic coast as far as Point Turnagain, and back across the Barren Lands. Provisions were poor and scant, and on the return journey, many crew members died of cold and starvation; the young naval artist Robert Hood was murdered and another executed for the crime. The work also includes accounts by Richardson and Back of the last leg of the desperate journey across the Barren Lands. This edition omits the appendix on the natural history of the region and scientific observations on the aurora borealis and the magnetic needle. Arctic Bib. 5195. Peel 151n. Sabin 25625 (incl. text plan in map count). Smith 3252. TPL 1249. cfGraff 1406. cfLande 1181-82.
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FRANKLIN, John [1786-1847].
Narrative Of A Second Expedition To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, In The Years 1825, 1826, And 1827.Including An Account Of The Progress Of A Detachment To The Eastward By John Richardson.
London: John Murray, 1828..
4to. pp. xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [1], [1 leaf]errata. 31 plates, engraved by Edward Finden after drawings by George Back & E.N.Kendall. 6 folding engraved maps (l partly coloured in outline). several text illus. contemporary half calf, rebacked with gilt spine mounted (periodic foxing, generally light). First Edition. Franklin's second overland expedition in 1825-27 formed part of a double-pronged assault on the western approaches to the Arctic, undertaken in conjunction with Beechey's voyage to Bering's Strait. The expedition proceeded across North-western Canada to Fort Franklin on Great Slave Lake, and down the Mackenzie to its mouth. There a party under Richardson and Kendall split to explore eastward along the coast to the mouth of the Coppermine, while Franklin and Back headed westward along the coast toward Kotzebue Sound where they were to join up with Beechey. Franklin, however, turned back at Return Reef at about 149? west, while one of Beechey's vessels managed to penetrate only as far as Point Barrow, several hundred miles away. The narrative includes descriptions of the country traversed and of encounters with Esquimaux, notes on weather conditions, the Dogrib Indians, the burning coal cliffs beyond Cape Bathurst, &c. Abbey, Travel, 635. Arctic Bib. 5198. Graff 1407. Lande 1182. National Maritime Museum I 843. Peel 163. Sabin 25628 (7 maps). Smith 3255. Streeter VI 3699. TPL 1434 (5 maps). Wagner-Camp 35:1.
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FRANKLIN, John.
Narrative Of A Second Expedition To The Shores Of The Polar Sea In The Years 1825, 1826, And 1827.Including An Account Of The Progress Of A Detachment To The Eastward By John Richardson.
Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig Ltd, [1971]..
4to. pp. xl, 320, clvii. 29 plates (some double-sided). 6 folding maps in rear pocket. cloth. dw. (slightly worn at top edges of spine). cfArctic Bib. 5198.
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FREUCHEN, Peter.
Vagrant Viking My Life and Adventures. Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro.
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., [1953]..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [1], vii-x, [1], 422. 2 double-sided plates. maps on end-papers. index. cloth. A very good copy in tattered & dj. Signed by Freuchen. First Edition, Second Printing of the English Translation.
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FUCHS, Vivian & Hillary, Edmund.
The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58.
London: Cassell, [1958]..
8vo. pp. xv, 337 [1]. 16 double-sided coloured plates & 16 double-sided black and white plates. coloured maps on endleaves. index. cloth (discoloured spine).
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GODFREY, W[illiam] C.
Godfrey's Narrative Of The Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition, In Search Of Sir John Franklin, 1853-4-5. With A Biography Of Dr. Elisha K. Kane...
Philadelphia: J.T.Lloyd & Co., 1857..
12mo. pp. 267, [5]ads. 20 wood-engraved text illus. (most full-page incl. frontis. & portraits of the author & Elisha K. Kane). original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted, endpapers preserved (some scattered foxing). modern quarter calf slipcase with inner cloth folder. First Edition. Godfrey was a seaman on board the Advance on the second Grinnell expedition commanded by Elisha Kent Kane. His main intention in writing the present narrative was to defend himself against charges of mutiny and desertion made against him by Kane. Arctic Bib. 5838. Sabin 27659. TPL 8568 (mentioning only 15 illus.).
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GRAAH. W[ilhelm] A[ugust] [1793-1863].
Narrative Of An Expedition To The East Coast Of Greenland, Sent By Order Of The King Of Denmark, In Search Of The Lost Colonies, Under The Command Of Captn. W.A.Graah, Of The Danish Royal Navy.Translated From The Danish, By The Lat G. Gordon MacDougall.
London: John W.Parker, 1837..
8vo. pp. xvi, 199, [1] + [16]ads. very large folding engraved map (frontis.). an untrimmed copy in a very neat dark green modern cloth binding (library rubberstamp on title, some foxing to map). First Edition of the English Translation by G.Gordon MacDougall. In 1829-30, Graah conducted the first exploration of the southern part of the east coast of Greenland between Cape Farwell and 65 degrees 16'N. One of the primary objectives of the expedition was to attempt to discover traces of the long lost Icelandic colonists in Greenland who had settled along the east coast. This narrative also includes an account of the colonization of Greenland (from 983), the various European attempts to discover a northwest passage during the age of discovery and earlier modern explorations of Greenland, as well as appendices on botany, zoology, and scientific investigation. The large map, 'Gronland Med Omgivel Ser' (1832), originally prepared for the Danish edition, shows the Greenland coasts in great detail and in relationship to Western Iceland and northeastern Canada. Arctic Bib. 6032. National Maritime Museum Cat. I 849. Sabin 28179.
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GREELY, Adolphus W[ashington] [1834-1935].
Three Years Of Arctic Service An Account Of The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Of 1881-84 And The Attainment Of The Farthest North.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886..
large 8vo. p. xxv, 428; xii, [1 leaf], 444. engraved frontis. portrait of Greely by Charles Schlecht, 41 plates, most engraved after photographs by George W.Rice, photographer of the expedition., 2 folding facsimiles, 81 text illus., & 9 maps (4 folding -- 1 coloured -- 1 in rear pocket). contemporary full dark red calf, all edges gilt (bit rubbed, marginal dampstaining to portions of text & to plates -- entering image of some plates in Vol. II). First Edition. Account of the American expedition of 1881-84, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, which explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and Hayes Sound on Ellesmere. All but seven members of the party perished of starvation before the survivors were rescued at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. Arctic Bib. 6118. cfNational Maritime Museum I 971.
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GREELY, A[dolphus] W[ashington] [1834-1935].
A Handbook Of Polar Discoveries.
Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1907..
12mo. pp. [viii], 325. frontis. portrait & 12 maps (some folding). original pictorial cloth (fore-edge & lower edge of rear cover frayed). Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Arctic Bib. 6114.
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GREENHOUS, Brereton (Ed.).
Guarding The Goldfields The Story of the Yukon Field Force.
Toronto & Oxford: Dundurn Press incollaboration with the Canadian War Museum, 1987..
8vo. pp. 222. text illus. maps on paste-downs. cloth. dw. First Edition.
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HALLER, John.
Tectonic Map Of East Greenland (1: 500,000) An Account Of The Tectonism, Plutonism, And Volcanism In East Greenland (Meddelelser Om Gronland.Udgivne Af Kommissionen For Videnskabelige Undersogelser I Gronland Bd. 171 Nr. 5.
Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels Forlag., 1970..
4to. pp. 286, [2]. 46 plates( including 7 folding plates). 3 folding maps in rear pocket. uncut & partially unopen in orginial wrs. (edges wrs. slightly torn).
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HANBURY, David T.
Sport And Travel In The Northland Of Canada.
New York: The Macmillan Company & London: Edward Arnold, 1904..
8vo. pp. xxxii, 319. with half-title. 2 folding partly coloured maps, 5 chromolithographs (incl. frontis.), 32 plates & 2 text illus. untrimmed in original cloth (extremities bit rubbed, some light foxing). First American Edition. "Narrative of the experiences of the author [a prospector] and two companions, living and traveling in the Barren Grounds, 1901-02; the canoe trip eastward from Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake via the Thelon River to Baker Lake; the wintering there; several trips from Baker Lake to Depot Island on Hudson Bay and into the country north of Chesterfield Inlet; the return overland to the Dubawnt River , northward from its mouth to the arctic coast, westward from Queen Maud's Gulf to Coppermine River, upstream to the Dease River, and downstream to Great Bear Lake. The author describes the customs of the Eskimos, whose life he shared during twenty months, and (in less detail) the Indians of the Great Slave Lake region. Arctic Bib. 6550. Story p. 52.
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