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KING, Richard (1811?-1876). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833, 1834, and 1835; under the Command of Capt. Back, R.N. London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
The rare first edition of the naturalist's account of the Back Expedition, subverting the Captain's own account. King, surgeon and naturalist of the Back expedition that descended the Back River to the arctic coast of Canada, includes much material similar to that contained in Sir George Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, 1836, with additional detail on birds, mammals, and fishes, especially as observed near Fort Reliance (Arctic Bib.). Most notable from a historical perspective is King's charge that Capt. Back appropriated his own research and that Back's conclusions were less than exact. Whereas Back is relatively dismissive, King praises to great length the Chipewyan chief Akaitcho who fed the starving parties of the first two Franklin expeditions and Back's third and without whose generosity Franklin would not have sailed on his last fateful journey. Arctic Bib. 8708; Field 831; Sabin 37831 (calling for 7 plates); TPL 1899.
Two volumes, 12mo (188 x 112mm). 4 plates including two frontispieces and a lithographed map (scattered light spotting in vol. 2). Contemporary half calf rebacked to style with red and black morocco spine labels. Provenance: Aquila Books.
The rare first edition of the naturalist's account of the Back Expedition, subverting the Captain's own account. King, surgeon and naturalist of the Back expedition that descended the Back River to the arctic coast of Canada, includes much material similar to that contained in Sir George Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, 1836, with additional detail on birds, mammals, and fishes, especially as observed near Fort Reliance (Arctic Bib.). Most notable from a historical perspective is King's charge that Capt. Back appropriated his own research and that Back's conclusions were less than exact. Whereas Back is relatively dismissive, King praises to great length the Chipewyan chief Akaitcho who fed the starving parties of the first two Franklin expeditions and Back's third and without whose generosity Franklin would not have sailed on his last fateful journey. Arctic Bib. 8708; Field 831; Sabin 37831 (calling for 7 plates); TPL 1899.
Two volumes, 12mo (188 x 112mm). 4 plates including two frontispieces and a lithographed map (scattered light spotting in vol. 2). Contemporary half calf rebacked to style with red and black morocco spine labels. Provenance: Aquila Books.