xviii, [2], 21-353 + 2 ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout (some full-page, including frontispiece with tissue-guard); large folding map of the Yukon area and Kwich-Pak River. 8x5, original gilt-decorated cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers. First American Edition.

Frederick Whymper was a member of the Russian-American Overland Telegraph Expedition of 1865-66 and his travels included Kamchatka, the west coast of the Okhotsk Sea, and the Yukon River. A well-written and valuable narrative. Arctic Bib. 19424.