ARCTIC IMAGES: The Dawn of Arctic Cartography, Fourth Century to 1822 ---with Pictorial Witnesses, 1819 - 1854 ---TWO VOLUMES / Public Archives of Canada ( Debuts De La Cartographie De l'Arctique du IVe Siecle a 1822 /et/ Temoignages Iconographiques )

Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa, ON: Minister of Supply and Services Canada / Public Archives of Canada , 1977, 1977, 1st edition, First Printing for Both, 1977. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition for both ) --- 2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), softcover, about 8.25 x 8.25 inches, both are solid Very Good+ copies, 25 and 28 pages, both books are in French and English with the total pagination being 50 and 56 with half of each book being in one language, CARTOGRAPHY contains b&w maps by: Gerard Mercator; Bolognino Zaitieri; Moses Pitt; Jens Munck; Luke Foxe; Joseph Nicholas Delisle et Philippe Busche ---WITNESSES contains b&w images of: HMS Investigator, HMS Hecia and Griper, the Fury, Prince of Wales of Hudson's Bay Company, 1819, preparing an encampmnet on the Barren Grounds - gathering Tripe se Roche, passing through Point Lata on the ice 1821, The Victory under sail 1831, loss of the McLellan 1852; HMS Phoenix and the Breadalbane being crushed in the ice, sledging over hummocky ice 1853, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Text Cover. See Description.