being the narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance.
London, Lovell Reeve, 1855
Belcher's voyage was the last officially sent in search of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared during an Arctic expedition in 1845. Belcher, in his narrative, offers no conclusion as to the fate of Franklin, nor to the existence of the Northest Passage to the Pacific. In fact the expedition proved quite unsuccessful, with the loss of four ships icebound in the Wellington Channel.
First edition. 2 volumes, royal 8vo., xx, 383; viii, 419pp., 4 maps (3 folding), 36 lithograph plates of which 15 chromolithographs or tinted (occasional old light stains), small piece torn from blank outer margin pp 169-172 vol. ii, original blue cloth gilt, neat restoration to extremities, a very good set.
Hill 106; Abbey Travel, 645; Sabin 4389; NMM 921.
First edition. 2 volumes, royal 8vo., xx, 383; viii, 419pp., 4 maps (3 folding), 36 lithograph plates of which 15 chromolithographs or tinted (occasional old light stains), small piece torn from blank outer margin pp 169-172 vol. ii, original blue cloth gilt, neat restoration to extremities, a very good set.
Hill 106; Abbey Travel, 645; Sabin 4389; NMM 921.
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