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M'CLINTOCK, FRANCIS LEOPOLD. The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin. 3 folding maps (including one in the rear pocket), 15 plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, worn at extremities; foxing to the title, else just scattered minor foxing. London: John Murray, 1859
first edition. McClintock's 1857-59 expedition aboard the Fox to King William Island was sponsored by Lady Franklin. In the Spring of 1859, after securing several Franklin relics from Eskimos, the expedition found a boat belonging to Franklin with a note left by his men describing their fate. A facsimile of the note appears in the book. "Building on the work of John Rae and other Franklin searches, McClintock rightly can claim the distinction of discovering the true fate of Franklin"--Books on Ice 3.16; Arctic Bibliography 10555; TPL 3918; Hill 1121.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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