Maclure, Robert Le Mesurier The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn,… from the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure. London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856. first edition, octavo, xix, 405, [26] pp., ads, folding colored map, 4 tinted lithographic plates, original cloth boards, re-backed with recent cloth spine, ex-library, old institutional bookplate, old oval handstamp on title-page, some damp-staining to blank margins of some leaves, else a good copy. Maclure commanded the Investigator, which accompanied the Enterprise, under Commander Collinson, in this Arctic expedition sent to rescue Sir John Franklin and his companions who had sailed from England in 1845. Maclure and his crew shared a prize of ten thousand pounds for discovering the North-West passage, however, when in 1859 the remains of Franklin's expedition were found it was recognized that Franklin actually discovered the passage in 1846. Sabin 43073 Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 681    inquire

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