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Illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Elisha Kent Kane's thrilling account of the Second Grinnell Expedition, in search of the lost Sir John Franklin. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, one folding map (the upper half of this map is absent), eleven plates, and in-text illustrations.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, one map, one folding map, seven plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.An exciting work, detailing an American effort to determine the fate of the lost expedition of an exploratory Arctic voyage lead by British Navy Captain Sir John Franklin.This is the work of American explorer and medical officer in the American Navy, Elisha Kent Kane, the leader of the Second Grinnell expedition of 1853-1855 to determine the fate of Franklin. Kane's expedition set a new record for northward penetration, delineated960 miles of unexplored northern coastline, and discovering the long sought open Polar Sea. This account of the journey was first published only five years after the expedition concluded.Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Bound without half titles.With the bookplate of Captain Richard Campbell to the front pastedowns. He served on submarines before becoming a specialist in hydrographic surveying, a skill which took him around the world including Antarctica aboard the HMS Endurance. During the Falklands War he led the conversion of deep ocean survey vessel HMS Hydra into a hospital ship, which transported wounded personnel to Uruguay. For this significant contribution, he was appointed OBE. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Fading to back strip and board perimeters, with light shelf wear to back strip tails and bumping to back strip heads. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with spotting most concentrated to perimeters of plates. Bound without half titles. Lacking half of one folding map Very Good
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