1860 Elisha Kane Arctic Explorations Voyages Franklin Expedition Illustrated 2v

The Arctic Exploration, or ‘Advance,’ led by Elisha Kent Kane was financed to find Sir John Franklin and his ship which were missing. While Franklin was never found, Kent and his explorers were able to gather a lot of information about people, geography, and natural history of the Arctic region, a relatively unknown region of the world. The discoveries found on this voyage include the Humboldt Glacier, Kennedy Channel, the Kane Basin, and reaching the farthest north of any exploration at the time.

Published just one year before Kent’s death, ‘Arctic Explorations’ was immensely popular shortly after it was first published and was “often compared to the Bible for wide dissemination of America’s bedside reading tables” (Books on Ice 3.9). This 1860 edition includes 21 engraved plates, 4 maps, and many in-text illustrations of icebergs, ship scenes, animals, and portraits.

Item number: #3297

Price: $399

KANE, Elisha Kent

Arctic explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55

Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson, 1860.

Details:

•Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

oVol. I – 464

oVol. II – 467

oIllustrated with upwards of 300 engravings

Includes 21 plates, including frontis engravings

4 maps including 2 folding

•References: Sabin 37001; not in Howes; Arctic Bibliography 8373;

•Language: English

•Binding: cloth hardcover; tight and secure

•Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)

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