M'Clintock - A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. - 1859

The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas.
A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.
By Captain M'Clintock, R.N., L.L.D.
With Maps and Illustrations.
London:
John Murray, publisher to the Admirality.
1859.
First edition.

An exellent example of the fascinating first edition of the journey to locate John Franklin's lost expedition.
The first edition of sir Francis Leopold McClintock's account of his journey to locate the remains of the ill-fated Arctic expedition led by Navy officer John Franklin in the nineteenth century.
Collated complete.
Captain McClintock received the Arctic Medal from Queen Victoria after his succesfull mission to find the remains of Franklin's lost expedition, a failed Britisch voyage of Arctic exploration in wich two ships carrying a crew of 129 officers and men became icebound for more than a year.
Marks found on the bones of the bodies recovered suggested evidence of cannibalism, elevating the lost expedition to mythic status.
A fascinating edition recounting an important and tragic incident in the history of Polar Exploration

In the publisher's original cloth binding.
With nineteen illustrations in total, including one folding plate containing two maps, a large folding plate depicting a record found of Franklin's expedition, a lage folding map in colour in a pocket to the rear, and fifteen plates.
Collated complete.
Firmly bound and in very good condition.
Pages bright. No spotting.