1908 introduction captain scott (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition, Complete Numbers . NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Hardcover. 8vo., 291 pp. Black and white illustrations. Includes a new introduction by the modern maritime historian James P. Delgado and the introduction from the 1908 edition by Captain Robert F. Scott. The original title of Franklin's journal was 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-20-21-22'. This expedition was almost as disastrous as the 1845 expedition that resulted in the deaths of himself and his crew. This is a reproduction of the 1908 edition with added background information coming from archaeological excavation of the site where Franklin and his crew camped while awaiting rescue. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.