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Two famous voyages in search of a North-West passage

FRANKLIN, [John] & [William Edward] PARRY.
Histoire des deux Voyages entrepris par ordre du Gouvernement Anglais; L'Un par terre, dirigée par le Capitaine Franklin; L'Autre par mer, sous les ordres du Capitaine Parry, pour la Découverte d'un Passage de l'Océan Atlantique dans la Mer Pacifique. Traduit de l'Anglais.

With large folding circular engraved map of the arctic regions with the route of the two voyages and their discoveries.

With large folding circular engraved map of the arctic regions with the route of the two voyages and their discoveries.

With large folding circular engraved map of the arctic regions with the route of the two voyages and their discoveries.



Paris, Librairie de Gide Fils, 1824. Small 8vo. Contemporary half leather. With large folding circular engraved map of the arctic regions with the route of the two voyages and their discoveries. 299 pp.

First French edition of both the accounts of the famous voyages of exploration in search of a North-West passage, one by John Franklin (1786-1847) by land along the East coast  in the years 1819 to 1822, and the other by William Edward Parry (1790-1855) by sea along the Hudson Bay in the years 1821-1823. The present was Franklin's first arctic voyage, and Parry's second voyage. Parry made three in all, the third in 1824 to 1825.

Good copy, with the bookplate of Olle Norbeck.- (Binding rubbed).
Sabin 25631; Chavanne 1441; Chadenat 5070; not in Lande, this translation not in NUC.

Related Subjects: Cartography 

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