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

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Lot 847
  • 847

[Markham, Clements Robert]

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  • Arctic Geography and Ethnology. A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875. London: John Murray, 1875
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 131mm.), xii, 292pp., 2 folding maps, original blindstamped blue cloth, brown endpapers, slipcase

Provenance

Gertrude C.L. Clements, presentation inscription

Catalogue Note

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the sister of the editor and compiler "Gertrude C.L. Clements from her aff[ectiona]te brother C.R.M."

Sir Clements Markham (1830-1916) joined the navy as a cadet after leaving Westminster School in 1844. Following his first voyage to South America on the HMS Collingwood, he was transferred to the Arctic Squadron, and joined the Assistance in search of Franklin in 1850. Despite his interest in such polar missions, he found navy life generally disagreeable, and determined instead to forge a career in exploration and geography.

In London, Markham joined the civil service in what would become the India Office. Despite his achievements in improving the management and conservation of the many maps, surveys and important accounts of early voyages, which up until this point had been largely neglected, Markham was forced to resign in 1877 as a result of his repeated periods of absence in order to pursue his exploration interests which included trips to India, Peru and Greenland.

As well as his extensive travels he was an influential advocate for other expeditions, including Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery expedition (the National Antarctic Expedition) of 1901–04. He was active in both the Royal Geographical Society and the Hakluyt Society.