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Maguire, Rochfort] Bockstoce, John

The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854. Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, Aboard H.M.S. Plover in the Search for Sir John Franklin.

London Hakluyt Society 1988, 1st Editions. Hardcover Fine in fine dust jacket. 1988, 1st Editions. (Hardcover) xiv,318;vi,319-584pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Two volumes Octavo in original blue cloth and dust jackets with illustrations from drawings (including maps) and painting (frontispiece portrait in Volume I), and 2 folding maps. "Maguire's narrative is introduced by a detailed discussion of the history, strategy and logistics of the Franklin search in the westery arctic. Appendices include...Dr. John Simpson's seminal essay on the Eskimos of northern Alaska. Series: Hakluyt Society. Second Series No. 169- and 170.

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