Canadian Arts, Culture and History

December 0409, 2021
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LOT 562

Lot 562

Four Volumes on Pacific Northwest and Arctic Exploration 19th and 20th centuries

Four Volumes on Pacific Northwest and Arctic Exploration 19th and 20th centuries
Lot 562 Details
Four Volumes on Pacific Northwest and Arctic Exploration 19th and 20th centuries

Gabriel Frenchère (Canadian, 1786-1863)
NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1811, 1812, 1813, AND 1814
New York, Redfield, 1854

Elisha Kane Kent (American, 1820-1857)
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54, '55
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1861

Robert Huish (British, 1777-1850)
THE LAST EXPEDITION OF CAPTN. SIR JOHN ROSS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH WEST PASSAGE
London, George Virtue, c.1860

Major Harwood Steele (Canadian, son of Sam Steele)
POLICING THE ARCTIC
Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1936

Estimate $100-$150

Realised: $96
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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