Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration on front, cover is faded and worn spien and corners are bumped and frayed, front henge is loose, has foxing and paper has darkened with age, back fly page is loose and has wear on all edges and back henge is loose. .644 pages. HAS ORIGINAL CIRCUMPOLAR LINEN MAP WITH EXPLORERS' NAMES in pocket on back board. Illustrations include a steel engraving of Hall and Sir John Franklin and has 71 wood enbraving, photo engravings or heliotypes. 12 small maps some are fold out, and 8 sketches of coast-line drawn by Innuits.

ADVENTURE - EXPLORATION - ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1864 - 1869