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Franklin search) ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. REPORT OF THE COMM

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Franklin search) ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. REPORT OF THE COMM
Franklin search) ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY TO INQUIRE AND REPORT ON THE RECENT ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN ...... London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1852 Lg. 4to. lix,199pp. Two illus, 2 folding maps. Bound in old half morocco & marbled boards, rebacked. Very good, sm. With the bookplate of the Stefansson Collection at Dartmouth College.
Arctic Bibl. 45227 - "Contains results of an inquiry by the Arctic Committee into the thoroughness of Austin's and Penny's search for Franklin in Wellington Channel in 1850-1851, dealing specifically with ice and current conditions ..... and with the discovery of relics of the Franklin expedition in the vicinity of Beechey Island. Evidence was given by members of the expeditions of Austin and Penny, and of Capt. John Ross's 1851 expedition. Natives' reports of the Franklin expedition, comments by Pullen, Richardson, Scoresby and others were presented, also the officail instructions given Lt. E. J. DeHaven, and Capt. James Saunders ......"