ARCTIC 
EXPLORATIONS: 
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IN SEARCH OF 
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 
1853 , ’ 5 . 4 , ’ 55 . 
BY 
ELISHA KENT KANE, M.D., U. S. N. 
ILLUSTRATED BY UPWARDS OF THREE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS, 
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THE STEEL PLATES EXECUTED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF J. M. BUTLER, 
THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY VAN INGEN & SNYDER. 
VOL. I. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
CHILDS & PETERSON, 124 ARCH STREET. 
LONDON: 
TRUBNER & CO., 12 PATERNOSTER ROW. 
1856. 
