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[DEFAUCOURT, Ch.-A. PARRY, W.-Ed. FRANKLIN, J.] History of the Two Voyages Undertaken by Order of the British Government—One by Land, Led by Captain Franklin, and the Other by Sea, Under the Command of Captain Parry—to Discover a Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean Paris, Librairie de Gide fils, 1824. In-8, 299 pp., fold-out map. Contemporary taupe Bradel half-percale binding, cold-stamped, smooth spine adorned with a gold fillet, gilt title (spine very slightly faded, small marginal wormholes, some foxing but a fine copy). French first edition. Complete with its large fold-out map of the polar regions, whose boundaries are highlighted in watercolor. This map traces the routes and discoveries of the two expeditions. Captain John Franklin led the overland expedition through the Canadian Arctic, from Hudson Bay to the Arctic Ocean; Captain William Edward Parry led the maritime expedition aboard the Hecla and the Griper in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage through Lancaster Sound and Baffin Bay. ARCTIC EXPLORATION.