(Arctic exploration, Franklin expedition, Inuit.) Captain Ch...

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(Arctic exploration, Franklin expedition, Inuit.) Captain Charles Francis Hall: 'Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862, with the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits... and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition', London, Sampson Low, 1864, 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, folding lithogroph map + 100 illustrations and maps (of which some full page) as called for, uniform old half calf gilt. Account of Captain Hall's first Arctic expedition 1860-62, during which he searched for traces of Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. After being forced to spend the winter on Baffin Island, local Inuit told Hall about relics of Martin Frobisher's 16th Century mining venture at Frobisher Bay, to which Hall traveled to inspect these items. He was assisted by his newly recruited Inuit guides, husband and wife Ipirvik and Taqulittuq. (2)