or, The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition

By Lanman, Charles

New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1885, 1st Edition. (3),333pp. 12mo – 17.8 cm. Publisher’s green cloth with bright gilt title and Arctic scene in gray, spine with gilt title and image of walrus head; spine with slight wear at extremities and with no fading, covers in Very Good condition with bumped corners, no fading. Interior with original publisher’s yellow coated endpapers, un-cracked hinges, Steel engraved frontispiece portrait of J.B. Lockwood with printed signature, 4 plates and color foldout map mounted at rear with closed professional strengthening and repair. Paper a bit naturally age-toned, Hinges tight and un-cracked, overall a very good + and complete copy of a scarce title. —Arctic Bibliography 9669.

Based on the personal diaries of Lieutenant James B. Lockwood — This is the biography of a very interesting man who led and adventurous life and ultimately died before rescue arrived while serving as second lieutenant with The Lady Franklin Bay expedition under the command of Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. During this three-year expedition, Lockwood led a sledging party, with Sergeant David Brainard to Mary Murray Island, off northern Greenland, at a latitude of 83°24’30”, thus breaking the record of the time for the most northerly point reached. In 1883, he crossed Grant Land, reaching the western shore of Ellesmere Island. He died at Cape Sabine, Canada, in April 1884, along with several other members of the party shortly before rescue arrived on June 22 that year.

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