M'clure Robert Captain (3 results)

Hard Cover. Second Edition. 8vo. modern blue cloth gilt (some stains to early leaves, original endpapers laid-down, occ. spots and offsetting, else clean internally); pp. xxxii, 464 (last colophon), 24 (pubs. cat.), with frontispiece portrait (trimmed and remounted), 4 tissue-guarded plates + a colour folding map. Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good solid copy, complete with all illustrations. Commander S. Gurney Creswell (illustrator).…

First edition. Folding coloured map & 4 lithographed plates. 8vo. A fine copy in publisher's navy cloth, spine gilt, some very slight rubbing. xix, [1], 405, [1], 28.ads.pp. London, Longman, Brown, Green et al., A handsome copy of the first edition.   "Captain M'Clure commanded this expedition on the Investigator, with the primary mission of rescuing the missing Sir John Franklin. While M'Clure did not accomplish this task, in his efforts to return to England from the Bering Strait he completed the long-anticipated Northwest Passage, a feat for which he was knighted, and also collected the £10,000 reward offered by Parliament" (Hill).   It was hardly smooth sailing. The Investigator was originally accompanied by the Enterprise, captained by Richard Collinson, though the two ships were separated early on in the Straits of Magellan. M'Clure's party entered the Arctic via the Bering Strait, wintering at Prince of Wales Strait and made it as far east as Mercy Bay. At this point - June, 1853 - the ship was abandoned and the crew, suffering from scurvy and frostbite, were miraculously rescued by Captain Henry Kellet's expedition who were also searching for Franklin. The crew of the Investigator were away for four years and eight months.   The map shows M'Clure's crossing of the Northwest Passage and the plates, after Cresswell, depict Franklin Bay, Princess Royal Island, and Melville Island.   Abbey Travel, 647; Hill, 1122; Howgego III, M32; Lada-Mocarski, 145; Sabin, 43073.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 69 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1854. Text in English. This rare 19th-century work details the tragic fate of Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition, as revealed in Dr. John Rae's report. It includes correspondence from Captain Robert M'Clure and other officers involved in subsequent Arctic explorations. A valuable resource for historians of polar exploration and Victorian-era maritime history. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…