THE VOYAGE OF THE 'FOX' IN THE ARCTIC SEAS. A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS

by M'Clintock, Francis L., Capt.:

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Boston. 1860.. xxiv,375pp. plus fifteen plates (one folding) and three folding maps. Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover and spine. Slight wear to head and toe of spine, covers a bit soiled. Very good. First American edition. Dr. John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company met an Eskimo in 1854 who furnished clues regarding Franklin's fate. M'Clintock used this information to find the actual remains, and discovered the only feasible passage by Montreal Island, through Rae Strait, the path later followed by Amundsen's first northwest passage. SABIN 43043. RICKS, p.147 (another ed).

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