SNOW (W. PARKER) A Two Year's Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and in the River Plate, 2 vol., Longmans, 1857
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SNOW (W. PARKER) A Two Year's Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and in the River Plate, 2 vol., Longmans, 1857
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SNOW (W. PARKER)
A Two Year's Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and in the River Plate. A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas, 2 vol., first edition, 6 chromolithographed plates, 3 folding engraved maps partially hand-coloured in blue wash, publisher's blue ribbed cloth gilt, hinges and joints neatly refurbished [Renard 1508; Sabin 85559; Spence 1141; OCLC 1227079], 8vo (200 x 134mm.), Longmans, 1857

Footnotes

  • A life-long adventurer Snow (1817-1895) first went to the Arctic in the Prince Albert, as part of Charles Codrington Forsyth's expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. In 1854 he commanded the Allen Gardiner, a vessel commissioned from the Patagonian Missionary Society, in a voyage to the Falkland Islands, where he resided for two years. His book records explorations in the Falklands, Tierra del Fuego and the southern oceans. "The book earned him a little money, but most of it was squandered on a costly three-year court action against the missionary society" (Howgego).

    Provenance: Martin L. Greene (Seattle) from Reg and Philip Remington.
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