Capt. George Back~Arctic Land Expedition 1836 SCARCE

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Narrative Of The Arctic Land Expedition To The Mouth Of The Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 By Captain George Back London: John Murray, 1836 - 1st Edition. Thick 8vo. [x], 1p. List of Plates, 663pp. 14 steel-engraved plates with tissue guards, folding map, Appendix, publisher’s advertisements bound at rear as called for. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, clear gilt title on spine, original yellow end-leaves with un-cracked hinges. Prior owner’s script signature on title page with date 1836. Complete with moderate intermittent foxing on engraved plate leaves. A very scarce publication and especially in this complete and original state — in very good condition. Back explored the vast region from Great Slave Lake along the Great Fish River to the shores of Chancery Inlet. The expedition started out as a privately-financed and government-assisted rescue mission for John Ross’s missing Northwest Passage expedition, but grew into its own exploring expedition. Back gained considerable experience as an Arctic explorer through his participation in Franklin’s two overland expeditions, and became one of the first competent artists to penetrate into the Canadian Arctic. His illustrations enhance the narratives of Franklin as well as his own publications, and they are considered a read more

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