John Richardson was a Quaker minister and traveller, important to the early history of Quakerism in the United States. Bound in full leather, raised bands on spine, six compartments. Leather very worn and scuffed but solid. Missing FFEP otherwise contents in very good condition. View More...
Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions, Under Command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. John Richardson, 1787-1865, was the physician-naturalist on Franklin's two Arctic overland expeditions (1819-1822 & 1825-1826). He was instrumental in ensuring the survival of the remnants of the crew during the very difficult first expedition. His journal from this expedition was published as Arctic Ordeal, published by McGill-Queen University Press in 1984. The Fauna Boreali-Americana was his major work and was published in four volumes - The... View More...
