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her. 20. Great Marlborough Str

A

NARRATIVE

OF

ARCTIC DISCOVERY,

From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.

WITH THE DETAILS OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY HER MAJESTY'S
GOVERNMENT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

BY

JOHN J. SHILLINGLAW.

F. R. G. S.

"The Frigid Zone,

Where, for relentless months, continual night

Holds o'er the glittering waste her starry reign.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

WILLIAM SHOBERL, PUBLISHER,

20, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1851.

203. b. £58.367

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. WILCOCKSON, ROLLS BUILDINGS, FETTER LANE.

TO

LADY FRANKLIN,

WHOSE NOBLE AND ENERGETIC EFFORTS TO RESCUE

HER GALLANT HUSBAND AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS

FROM THE PERILOUS POSITION IN WHICH THEY ARE PLACED,

THROUGH ZEAL FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S GLORY,

AND THE EXTENSION OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE,

IT IS THE EARNEST PRAYER OF THE WHOLE CIVILIZED WORLD
MAY BE CROWNED WITH SUCCESS,

THIS VOLUME,

IN WHICH

HIS NAME STANDS PROUDLY PRE-EMINENT,

IS

Most Respectfully Dedicated.

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