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Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827
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Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827 / by John Franklin ... ; including an account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward, by John Richardson ... ; illustrated by numberous plates and maps.
Published
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1828.
Physical Description
xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [1] p., 31, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in original brown moiré cloth, with publisher's printed spine label.
Notes
Spine title, on publisher's printed label: Franklin's second journey to the Polar Sea. Thirty seven plates. £4 : 4s.
Engravings by Edward Francis Finden; after George Back and Edward Nicholas Kendall.
Maps engraved by John Walker and J. & C. Walker.
Printed by William Clowes, Stamford-Street.
Appendix I. Topographical and geological notices, by John Richardson. II. Meteorological tables, arranged from the registers kept at Fort Franklin by the officers of the expedition, at different temperatures, by Lieutenant E. N. Kendall. V. Latitude, longitude, and magnetic variatinos. VI. Observations relative to the daily variation of the horizontal magnetic needle. On the aurora borealis.
Variant and related titles
Franklin's second journey to the Polar Sea
Second journey to the Polar Sea
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 25628
Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, p. 336
NSTC, 2F14564
National Maritime Museum, v. 1, 843
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 635
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Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1828.
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