Title continued: To Which is Added the Career, Last Voyage and Fate of Captain Sir John Franklin.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1865. x, 234 p. 1 fold-out map showing the track of the HMS Pioneer in Search of Sir John Franklin 1851-1852. One full page map. Small maps set in text. Cover in decent condition, with faint stain to back cover, small tear in top of spine, slightly worn at corners. A few small smudges to interior. A few notes in pencil.
References: Arctic Bib 12899, 1852 ed. Includes informative notes on West Greenland Eskimos, negotiating the ice of northern Baffin Bay, ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic waters, hunting adventures, clothing, food and equipment (for sledge journeys and otherwise), carrier pigeons, the sledge journeys, arctic nature and winter recreations. Appendix records the return of the squadron and notes the American expedition under DeHaven.