MCDOUGALL :THE EVENTFUL VOYAGE OF H.M. DISCOVERY SHIP TO THE ARTIC REGIONS. 1857

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MCDOUGALL GEORGE : THE EVENTFUL VOYAGE OF H.M. DISCOVERY SHIP RESOLUTE TO THE ARTIC REGIONS IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE MISSING CREWS OF H.M. DISCOVERY SHIPS "EREBUS" AND "TERROR" 1852, 1853, 1854 TO WHICH ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF HER ABANDONMENT IN BARROW STRAITS. LONDON (LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN) 1857. IN-8° (230 X 15 mm), RELIE PERCALE EDITEUR, CHARNIERE FAIBLES, PETITS MANQUES AUX COIFFES. XL FF - 530 PPS - 24 PPS : CATALOGUE LIBRAIRE - ILLUSTRE D'1 CARTE DEPLIANTE, CONTOURS COULEUR, QUI MANQUE SOUVENT, ET DE 8 LITHOGRAPHIES COULEURS H.T. SOUS SERPENTES - 24 FIGURES DANS LE TEXTE. RARE RECIT DE CETTE EXPEDITION QUI, PRISE PAR LES GLACES, ABANDONNA LE NAVIRE APRES DE MULTIPLES AVENTURES ET FUT SECOURUE PART UN BALEINIER. MC DOUGALL, GEORGE F. THE EVENTFUL VOYAGE OF H.M. DISCOVERY SHIP RESOLUTE TO THE ARTIC REGIONS IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. FOLDING PARTIALLY HAND-COLORED MAP, 8 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH PLATES, TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. XL, 350PPS, 24 PAGES OF PUBLISHERS ADS. LONDON 1857 LIBRARY STAMPS CONTEMPORARY CARTON CLOTH. FIRST EDITION. ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY PART OF BELCHER'S 1852-54 EXPEDITION, THE RESOLUTE COMMANDED BY HENRY KELLET AND THE INTREPID COMMANDED BY FRANCIS LEOPOLD McCLINTOCK UNDERTOOK A SEPARATE EXPLORATION OF MELVILLE ISLAND. THE AUTHOR OF THIS JOURNAL SERVED AS THE MASTER ABOARD THE RESOLUTE. AFTER EXTENSIVE SLEDGE JOURNEYS ACROSS THE ISLAND, THE SHIP BECAME ICEBOUND DURING THE EXPEDITION'S SECOND WINTER AND WAS ABANDONED. IT LATER DRIFTED, WAS RECOVERED BY AN AMERICAN WHALER, AND RETURNED TO QUEEN VICTORIA AS A GIFT. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1486630883940

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