Atlantique

1879 · réf. 0006145 — Washington DC : Government Printing Office 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Good. two folding charts at rear four chromolithographs two steel engraved portraits 40 half-page woodcuts 28 whole page woodcuts. Quarto l 644 pages folding map on linen in rear pocket recased with original spine in place new endpapers large gilt vignette on top cover intact. Hall made three expeditions into the Arctic each for the purpose of geographical discovery. This is the account of his longest expedition which heavily involved interaction with the native Inuits. Eight of the sketches of the coast lines were drawn by Inuits. Issued as Senate Executive Doc. 27. Two folding charts in rebuilt rear pocket; four chromolithographs two steel engraved portraits 40 half-page woodcuts 28 whole page woodcuts. Nourse was a professor at the U. S. Naval Academy. He assembled this report from fragments and journals left by Capt. Hall. Government Printing Office hardcover