A series of eight sketches in colour (together with a chart of the route), by Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the discovery of the North-West Passage

Cresswell, Samuel Gurney, 1827-1867 A series of eight sketches in colour (together with a chart of the route), by Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the discovery of the North-West Passage

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GLC#
GLC04413
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
25 July 1854
Author/Creator
Cresswell, Samuel Gurney, 1827-1867
Title
A series of eight sketches in colour (together with a chart of the route), by Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the discovery of the North-West Passage
Place Written
London, England
Pagination
4 p. : 9 plates : map Height: 62 cm, Width: 46 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Published by Day and Son. Includes four pages of text description with the sketches and chart. Sketches by Cresswell. The voyage was an attempt to locate Sir John Franklin's lost party and established the existence of Northwest passage (through the Arctic Ocean).

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