Lyons, IsraelBiblio.com
HAYES, Isaac IsraelBiblio.com
The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole in the Schooner "United States
186743872New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton 1867. 8vo. 21.5cm The First Edition xxiv454p. engraved frontis portrait 9 plates from engravings inc. 3 colour maps original green cloth bevelled brown gilt spine titles and vignette gilt image of walrus on upper cover light yellow glazed endpapers restored a very good sound copy. very good. With the bookplate of the celebrated Arctic book collector and author May Fluhmann. <br /> AB 6795 "A narrative of the Hayes Arctic Exploring Expedition of 1860-61 into the region of Smith Sound designed to extend northward the explorations of the Second Grinnell Expedition. The expedition wintered at Port Foulke and conducted sledge journeys along the coastlines of Greenland and Ellesmere Island". He was a strong believer in the `open polar sea' theory. Published by Hurd and Houghton unknown
