Report of a Military Reconnaissance in Alaska Made in 1883
by Schwatka, Frederick
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo(9" x 6"), gilt gray cloth. 121 pp., with 20 folding maps. Bookplate from the "Post Library, Fort Brown, Texas. No. 1465." CONDITION: Good ex-library, worn cover, spine sunned, slightly cocked, library marks throughout, some maps with light tears at edges and separations at folds. Report on a United States military and geographical expedition through Alaska, traversing the Inland Passage, Chilkat Country, mountains and glaciers. Expedition members built a raft for travel on the lakes and then the rapids of Yukon River, ending 1303 miles later in the Aleutian Islands. Lieutenant Schwatka was chosen to command this expedition to survey Alaska and report on the native population after participating in the 1878 American Geographical Society search for lost Northwest Passage explorer Sir John Franklin.
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- Report of a Military Reconnaissance in Alaska Made in 1883
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- Schwatka, Frederick
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- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885
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