YOUNG, Allen.

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The Two Voyages of the 'Pandora' in 1875 and 1876. First edition. Young's handsome account describes cruises in his private steam yacht to attempt the first transit of the North West Passage and search for relics of Sir John Franklin. The verso of the frontispiece has the initials of Franklin Brooke-Hitching, whose library of travel books was known for its superlative condition.Young cut his teeth in the Arctic as the sailing master on McClintock's voyage in the Fox, 1857-9, during which he undertook several sledging expeditions, including a survey of 380 miles of coastline along Peel Sound. In 1875, enjoying the financial backing of Lady Franklin, "he took his steam yacht Pandora, with a crew of thirty-one men, to Baffin Bay. He tried to make the north-west passage, but was stopped by heavy ice in Peel Strait. On the return journey he picked up George Nares's dispatches from the Carey Islands, bringing home the latest news of Nares's expedition. The next year he again took the Pandora north, continuing his efforts to pass through the north-west passage, and in spite of great difficulties landed dispatches for Nares at Cape Isabella and Littleton Island" (ODNB).

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