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Naval Institute Press, Annapolis Maryland, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. includes bibliography, notes and references, and index. Colour illustrated dustjacket. Central art paper section of 8 pages of black-and-white facsimiles and reproductions of artworks and photographs. The book shows no damage. This fascinating sometimes harrowing account of the life of the famous British explorer John Franklin examines his incident filled and sometimes contentious career from his early days, when he fought at the battle of Trafalgar, to his last expedition to seek the fabled Northwest passage when he vanished along with his men in controversial and mysterious circumstances. -- Rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 272 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History -- Canada;… Read More

Macmillan, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: maps and Photography. includes bibliography, notes, maps, and photographs. End page maps showing the journey. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper.Black coloured textured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. On 17 on June 1913, the Canadian Arctic expedition aboard the HMCS Karluk sets sail from British Columbia, under the leadership of Vilhjalmur Stefansson to find the evidence that proved his staunchly held belief that there was a last unexplored continent, hidden beneath the great polar ice cap. 6 weeks later, the Arctic winter had begun, and the ship was trapped by of the polar ice of those on board had been abandoned by their leader. This is the story of the following 14 months, drawing on… Read More

HarperCollins, Sydney, 2002. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. In 1871, the Polaris, sailed with great fanfare from New York Harbor and began a historic journey to one of the Earth's final frontiers. Seven months later, a handful of half starved survivors returned with a story that shocked the entire nation" "in this powerful true story of death and survival, courage and intrigue aboard a doomed ship, Richard Parry chronicles one of the most astonishing, little-known tragedies at sea in American history.". No damage to describe, no annotations Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 322 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; Arctic; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 073227432x. ISBN/EAN: 9780732274320. Inventory No: 0280054. . 9780732274320