The Cruise of the Florence; or Extracts from the Journal of the Preliminary Arctic expedition of 1877-78

£3,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An excellent copy of this rare account of the Arctic. Under the command of Capt. G.E. Tyson, the Florence spent the winter of 1877-8 near Baffin Island collecting supplies to equip a scientific expedition to Lady Franklin Bay the following year, with the ultimate plan of establishing a colony there. The expedition wint

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