Sir John Franklin in Tasmania 1837-1843.

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Melbourne U.P. (1949). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt (dulled). (ii 408pp.). With portrait and 3 full-page b/w plates. Neat rubber stamp on front fly-leaf. 1st ed. NOTE: Prior to his last fateful expedition to the Arctic Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).