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595 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings & plates, including frontispiece & added title; hand-colored folding map. 9¼x5½, original pebbled cloth with gilt spine. First American Edition.

"Contains narrative of the voyage of the George Henry to Holsteinborg, West Greenland, then across Davis Strait to Cornelius Grinnell Bay... Includes throughout, detailed descriptions of Eskimo life as shared by the author, the sledging, food, etc., notes on cold and its effects, the terrain of the regions explored, and remains of the Forbisher encampment discovered; also note on polar bear liver as poisonous." - Arctic Bib. 6485.