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Arctic voyage to Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound in search of friends with Sir John Franklin.
From:
Arctic
| Date:
December 1, 1997| Author:
Goodsir, Robert A.
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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AN ARCTIC VOYAGE TO BAFFIN'S BAY AND LANCASTER SOUND IN SEARCH OF FRIENDS WITH SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. By ROBERT ANSTRUTHER GOODSIR. West Sussex, England: The Arctic Press, 1996. (Available from Patrick Walcot, 60 Sunnybank Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B73 5RJ, U.K.; Fax 44 121 3861251.) viii + 152 p., map, b&w illus., bib. as footnotes. Originally published by J. Van Voorst in London, 1850. 25 [pounds sterling]/US$40.00.
By the spring of 1849, concern about the fate of ...
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