The discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator,"
by Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854.
London, Longman, 1856
M'Clure was appointed commander of the Investigator as commanded by Captain Collinson aboard H. M. S. Enterprise. The two ships separated early in the voyage and whilst pursuing parallel paths for almost half of the five years' duration of the search, never actually met again.
First edition; 8vo, xvii, 405 pp., 28 pages ads dated March 1856 at end, folding coloured chart, 4 lithograph plates after Cresswell, contemporary polished calf gilt, spine richly gilt, red morocco label, raised bands marbled edges, a fine copy.
Books on Ice, 3.15; Lada-Mocarski 145.
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