George McDougall, 1857
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The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute"
George McDougall, 1857
MCDOUGALL, George F. (c.1825-1871). The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
The first edition by the master of the Resolute, one of five ships in Sir Edward Belcher's Franklin search expedition. This is essentially his shipboard journal from April 1852 until the Resolute was abandoned in the ice in May 1854. After being abandoned, the Resolute eventually broke free from the ice, and was found floating near Baffin Island in 1855 by an American whaling ship. This book includes an account of the eventual recovery by the Americans. Arctic Bib. 10603; Hill 1124; Sabin 43183.
Octavo (218 x 136mm). Half-title. Hand-colored folding route map; 8 color lithographed plates (foxing). One ad page at end. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt (rebacked with most of original spine preserved, hinges repaired, spots to endpapers. Provenance: Grace Peach (later ownership signature to title).
George McDougall, 1857
MCDOUGALL, George F. (c.1825-1871). The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
The first edition by the master of the Resolute, one of five ships in Sir Edward Belcher's Franklin search expedition. This is essentially his shipboard journal from April 1852 until the Resolute was abandoned in the ice in May 1854. After being abandoned, the Resolute eventually broke free from the ice, and was found floating near Baffin Island in 1855 by an American whaling ship. This book includes an account of the eventual recovery by the Americans. Arctic Bib. 10603; Hill 1124; Sabin 43183.
Octavo (218 x 136mm). Half-title. Hand-colored folding route map; 8 color lithographed plates (foxing). One ad page at end. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt (rebacked with most of original spine preserved, hinges repaired, spots to endpapers. Provenance: Grace Peach (later ownership signature to title).