1882 · Boston
by Danenhower, John Wilso
Boston, 1882. x,[2],102pp. plus two plates and a double- page map. Original printed wrappers. Spine repaired, adhesive stains along spine, short vertical split on front wrapper. Institutional blind stamp on front flyleaf, minor toning. Very good. The first account of the tragic voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette by one of its few survivors. En route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait, the ship was trapped and crushed in the ice. Nearly the entire crew perished in the journey back to the Siberian coast, except for a small group of thirteen people, including Danenhower, who were rescued by indigenous villagers. "The brief synopsis of the cruise of the JEANNETTE, 1879-81, and (in more detail) the ship's party's retreat afoot and by boat from the wrecked ship 77°15'N. 155°E. in East Siberian Sea to the Lena delta; revised and corrected from the dictated narrative which appeared in the NEW YORK HERALD, 1882" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 3643.
(Inventory #: WRCAM54211)