'Sledge Journeys and Searches of Franklin Search Party of 1878 -79 -80'. Original lithographed map published 1880 [framed & glazed]
New York: Julius Bien, 1880. Original lithograph map by Heinrich Klutschak, 345mm x 325mm, fold marks and light cockling, small library stamp to verso. The map shows the search area around King William Land (Island), framed and glazed. Published in 1880 in the Journal of the American Geographical Society, Volume XII. very good condn.
Klutschak was a member and the illustrator on Schwatka's party. In 1878-80, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka of the United States Army organized the last major expedition of the nineteenth century to search for evidence of John Franklin's party following his disappearance in 1846. Item #95922
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