MCCLINTOCK, Francis Leopold.
The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions.
First Edition of Francis Leopold McClintock's The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas
London: John Murray, Ablemarle-Street, 1859.
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First edition of this expedition that uncovered the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost Arctic voyage. Octavo, original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, gilt vignette of the 'Fox' to the front panel, frontispiece, illustrated with 13 plates, a folding facsimile manuscript note, 3 folding maps with one in the pocket to the rear, and numerous in-text illustrations. In very good condition, signature to the front free endpaper, "G. S. Nicholson, Royal Fusiliers."
Francis Leopold McClintock’s The Voyage of the "Fox" in the Arctic Seas (1859) is a landmark in nineteenth-century polar exploration literature, recounting the expedition he led to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost Arctic voyage. Sailing in the small steam yacht 'Fox', financed largely through Lady Jane Franklin’s determination to recover evidence of her husband’s expedition, McClintock combined meticulous navigation with careful ethnographic observation and sledging journeys that ultimately recovered written records left by Franklin’s men.
The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions.
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