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Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878)
Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 4° (270 x 215mm). 16 plates on india paper mounted, after Back (13) and B.Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (6 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 10 steel-engraved by E. Finden), one folding engraved map, illustrations. (Neat repair to blank fore-margin of frontispiece.) 19th-century red half morocco gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (some scuffing to extremities, light scuffing to covers).
RARE LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as 'Thlueetessy' by the indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River. Cf.BM(NH) I,p.81; cf.Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count).
Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. London: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 4° (270 x 215mm). 16 plates on india paper mounted, after Back (13) and B.Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (6 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 10 steel-engraved by E. Finden), one folding engraved map, illustrations. (Neat repair to blank fore-margin of frontispiece.) 19th-century red half morocco gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (some scuffing to extremities, light scuffing to covers).
RARE LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as 'Thlueetessy' by the indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River. Cf.BM(NH) I,p.81; cf.Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count).
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