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McCLURE, ROBERT. The Discovery of the North-West Passage. Edited by Sherard Osborn. Folding map, 5 plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth, a few minor surface abrasions and light rubbing; scattered minor foxing; early owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Publisher's ads in the rear. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857
McClure commanded the HMS Investigator's 1850-54 search for Franklin via the Bering Strait. After becoming the first ship to successfully navigate the Beaufort Sea, McClure discovered and entered Prince of Wales Strait. When the ship became ice bound, he sledged north to Melville Sound -- thus becoming the first to traverse the Northwest Passage (albeit by ship and sledge). This 1857 second edition is enlarged from the 1856 first edition. Arctic Bibliography 10563; Sabin 43073.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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