A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage; with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure during nearly five years' continuous service in the Arctic Regions while in search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin 1st edition, 1857, colour lithographed frontispiece, folding map, some light spotting at front, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, spine with green label and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Sabin 2017. Sir Alexander Armstrong (1818-1899) served as naval surgeon aboard HMS Investigator under the command of Robert McClure, which went in search of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition from 1850-54 and discovered the Northwest Passage in 1850 by traversing from west to east by ship and sledge. (1)
A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage; with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure during nearly five years' continuous service in the Arctic Regions while in search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin 1st edition, 1857, colour lithographed frontispiece, folding map, some light spotting at front, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, spine with green label and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Sabin 2017. Sir Alexander Armstrong (1818-1899) served as naval surgeon aboard HMS Investigator under the command of Robert McClure, which went in search of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition from 1850-54 and discovered the Northwest Passage in 1850 by traversing from west to east by ship and sledge. (1)
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