Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on Board D.G.S. Neptune 1903-04.
by Low, A. P
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: Goverment Printing Bureau, 1906. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xvii,355pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered green cloth with frontispiece portrait, plates from photos, and large colour folding map (in rear pocket). Covers slightly rubbed with wear to ends of spine and corners. Loose front hinge tape repaired. Rubber stamps and names on front endpapers and rubber stamp on map pocket at rear. very good Arctic Bibl. 2717. The expedition, under Low, was to patrol Canada's arctic waters and to establish arctic outposts. Also includes much historical background, as well as information on arctic whaling and on the Eskimos of the areas visited. Cover title: "The Cruise of the Neptune 1903-04". 1906
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120984
- Title
- Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on Board D.G.S. Neptune 1903-04.
- Author
- Low, A. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Goverment Printing Bureau
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Polar|Franklin Search|Arctic
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