Arctic explorations :
the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 /
by Elisha Kent Kane ; illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author ; the steel plates executed under the superintendence of J. M. Butler, the wood engravings bu Van Ingen & Snyder.

Description

Main Author: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857
Related Names: Dickinson, Edward, 1803-1874, former owner.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886, former owner.
MacKellar, Thomas, 1812-1899, former owner.
Tower, Joseph T. (Joseph Tuckerman), 1897-1931, former owner.
Grinnell, Henry.
Franklin, John, 1786-1847
Childs & Peterson
Language(s): English
Published: Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson ; 1856.
Subjects: Franklin, John, > Franklin, John, / 1786-1847
Kane, Elisha Kent, > Kane, Elisha Kent, / 1820-1857 > Kane, Elisha Kent, / 1820-1857 / Travel > Kane, Elisha Kent, / 1820-1857 / Travel / Arctic regions.
Northwest Passage.
Northwest Passage
Publishers' decorated cloth binding.
Summary: Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats.
Note: Added t.-p., engraved.
Physical Description: 2 v., leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 066535374X (v.2)
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