SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-1871). Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. London, 1853. FIRST EDITION.
2 volumes in one, 8vo (217 x 133 mm). Folding route map in color, 2 tinted lithographic plates. (Lacking half-titles, minor foxing mostly to preliminary leaves.) Late 19th-century calf gilt, by Hayday (extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: W.T. Colyar (prize bookplate of 1848); Beekman Pool (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, the official narrative of this Admiralty voyage and search for Franklin. Seemann, who along with John Richardson served as a naturalist on the voyage, compiled his account from his notes and journals, as well as those from his fellow officer. Until 1848, the party surveyed much of the west coast of the Americas, the Bering Strait, Kamchatka, the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii. From 1848-1850, the Herald was in Arctic waters where Kellett was ordered to join the search for Franklin; Seemann's Narrative includes a separate chapter on Franklin search voyages from 1848-1853. Seemann joined the voyage in 1847, and remained until they sailed back to England via the Cape of Good Hope in 1851. Arctic Bibliography 15680; Hill 1548; Howgego II:K5.
