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RAE, John (1813-1893). Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 . London: T. & W. Boone, 1850.
RAE, John (1813-1893). Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 . London: T. & W. Boone, 1850. 8 o (222 x 138 mm). Large folding lithographed frontispiece map "Discoveries of the Hudson's Bay Cos. Arctic Expedition to the North of Repulse Bay," and folding map of "Northern America" both by John Arrowsmith. Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, UNOPENED; cloth folding case. Provenance : Hudson's Bay Company (ink stamp on title). AN IMPECCABLE, UNOPENED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. "The purpose of the expedition, sent out by the Hudson's Bay Co., was to explore and map the arctic coast of Canada from Repulse Bay west to Dease and Simpson's farthest exploration eastward... or if Boothia Felix proved to be a peninsula, to trace the coast north to the place surveyed by John and James Ross 1829-32. The narrative gives an account of the author's boat journey north from Churchill along the west coast of Hudson Bay to Repulse Bay, portage across Rae Isthmus and exploration of southern Committee Bay; the wintering at Repulse Bay, the spring journeys tracing the shores northwestward around Committee Bay, Simpson Peninsula, Pelly Bay and its islands, to the James Ross .. Peninsula..., and northeastward along Melville Peninsula to Cape Crozier" ( Arctic Bibliography ). Also included are lists of the various mammals, birds, plants, rocks and fish collected by Rae. Arctic Bibliography 14097; Field 1253; Graff 3415; Sabin 67428; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 2868; Streeter sale VI:3715; Wagner-Camp-Becker 187. A VERY FINE COPY.