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1857 Elisha Kane Arctic Explorations Voyage Franklin
1857 Elisha Kane Arctic Explorations Voyage Franklin
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1857 Elisha Kane Arctic Explorations Voyage Franklin Expedition Maps Illustrated



The Arctic Exploration, or ‘Advance,’ led by Elisha Kent Kane, was financed to find Sir John Franklin and his ship which was 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.



This book 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). It includes engraved plates, maps, and many in-text illustrations of icebergs, ship scenes, animals, and portraits. This second edition is notable for including additional illustrations not found in the first edition. Very rare and desirable!



Item number: #11414

Price: $499



KANE, Elisha Kent



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



Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson: J.P. Lippincott; Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1857.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

2 volumes

Vol. I – 464, [2]

Vol. II – [4], 467, [2]

“Illustrated by upwards of 300 engravings”

Includes 22 plates, including frontis engravings

2 folding maps

References: Sabin 37001; Arctic Bibliography 8373;

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~9.5in X 6.5in (23.5cm x 16cm)



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