Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the Years 1850-1851, Performed by H.M. Ships "Lady Franklin" and "Sophia", under the command of Mr. William Penny, in Search of the Missing Crews of H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror: with a Narrative of Sledge Excursions on the Ice of Wellington Channel; and Observations on the Natural History and Physical Features of the Countries and Frozen Seas Visited [TWO VOLUMES]
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Three-quarter leather. 8vo. Pp. lii, 506 & viii, 363, ccxxxiii; Illustrated with four color lithographs, two b/w lithographs of fossils, two folding maps, light tape reinforcement to folding maps and one b/w plate. Bound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Red and green morocco title labels lettered in gilt, slightest toning to page edges. Very Good+. Item #13137
Author was the surgeon on the expedition to search for the missing crews of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated ships. Contains one of the earliest account of the Inuit.
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