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Excerpt from The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative The reader who desires to pursue this interesting topic must refer to the following publications - 1. Captain John Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 1819 - 22, with an Appendix on various Subjects relating to Science and Natural History, London, 1823, 4to, pp. 784; 34 Plates and four Maps, 4 43. The Appendix on Natural History is by Sir John Richardson, Sabine, Lieutenant Hood, 850. The plates are beautifully engraved by Finden (some of them colored) after drawings by Lieutenants Hood and Back. A second and third edition were published in 1824, both in 2 vols. 8vc, without the plates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.