Arctic searching expedition : a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin : with an appendix on the physical geography of North America / by Sir John Richardson, C.B., F.R.S., inspector of Naval Hospitals and Fleets, etc. etc. etc. ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.London : Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-Street-Square.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsG665 .1848 R53Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Tinted lithographs by M. & N. Hanhart, and Ford & George; after Alexander Hunter Murray.Includes wood-engraved illustrations."Vocabularies of North America": volume II, p. 363-402."On the Eskimos or Inuit": volume 1, p. 339-376; "On the Kutchin or Loucheux": page 377-413; "Of the Tinne or Chepewyans": volume 2, p. 1-32; "Eythinyuwuk, or Crees and Chippeways": page 33-60; "Vocabularies of North America": page 363-402.Printer's statement from title page verso.Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 71025BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original dark brown cloth. Includes publisher's advertisements, 32 pages at end and pasted on inside front and back covers. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westleys & Co., Friar Street, London.
Subject Terms:
Franklin, John, 1786–1847. | Arctic regions. | Northwest, Canadian. | Physical geography -- North America. | Indians of North America. | Canada, Northern -- Description and travel. | Voyages and travels.
Murray, Alexander Hunter, 1818–1874, illustrator. | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, publisher. | Spottiswoodes and Shaw, printer. | M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith., lithographer. | Ford & George, lithographer.