Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

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Lot 816
  • 816

M'Dougall, George Frederick

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin. London: Longman, Brown, Green [&c.], 1857
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (219 x 137mm.), xl, 530pp., [ii pp. adverts], folding coloured map, 8 lithographed coloured plates, illustrations, original pictorial blindstamped red pebble-grained cloth gilt, yellow endpapers, slipcase, binding slightly stained

Provenance

Robert Lees, ownership inscription dated 1861

Literature

Hill (2004) 1124; Sabin 43183

Catalogue Note

The Resolute under Captain Kellett was part of Belcher's five ship squadron. It was abandoned in May 1854, and eventually drifted into Baffin Bay. It was found by a whaler, bought by the U.S. government and returned to Britain where it was presented to Queen Victoria. M'Dougall describes how the crew was kept entertained whilst wintering in the Arctic, their sledge journeys and encounters with musk oxen, polar bears etc.