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THB[Americana - Travel and Exploration] Elisha Kent Kane, The US Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, Plus Other
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LiveDec 18, 2017 - Dec 19, 2017
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Lot of 4, including:
Imprint, Report on the Committee of Ways and Means, on the Petition of Jeremiah Hill. February 11, 1815. Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 8vo, 2pp plus tp.
Kane, Elisha Kent, MD. The US Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt highlights and lettering, 552pp. Moderate wear, spine sunned.
Hamley, Sir Edward, Genl. The War in Crimea. London: Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1894. 12mo, rust-colored cloth, gilt lettering and highlighting, 312pp. Ex lib.
Skinner, Maud and Otis. One Man in his Time. The Adventures of H. Watkins, Strolling Player, 1845-1863; from his Journal. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1938. 8vo, green cloth, no dj, gilt lettering, 258pp. Library markings on spine. Moderate to heavy shelf wear. Text block very slightly cocked.
Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) was a naval medical officer. He was appointed senior medical officer on the Grinnell Arctic Expedition (1850-1851), sent to locate the men of Sir John Franklin's expedition. They discovered Franklin's first winter camp, but not what happened to the men. Kane then organized a second expedition in 1853. His ship, the Advance, became icebound. They were still able to accomplish a large amount of meteorological, geographic, and other scientific research. Over two winters, the men began to fall ill from scurvy and general hardship. In May 1855 they abandoned the ship and made a nearly 3-month journey overland to Greenland where they were found by a relief expedition. They returned to New York in October 1855.
Kane went to England to personally report his findings to Lady Franklin, as he had promised, then sailed to Cuba on the advice of his doctor to attempt to recover his health. Too late, he died in Havana in Feb. 1857. His body was shipped to New Orleans, then transported by funeral train to Philadelphia. Reportedly, this was the longest funeral train of the century, other than Abraham Lincoln's.
With rubbing/wear to spines, covers - otherwise sound and Good - Very Good.Condition
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