The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854. Two years at Point Barrow Alaska aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin. Ed. by J. Bockstoce. 2 vols.

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London: The Hakluyt Society1988. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjackets. With portr. illusts and maps. (Hakluyt Society Second Series Nos. 169 & 170). ADDED: Assoc. newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. NOTE: Commander Rochfort Maguire (1815-1867) was in command of HMS Plover from 1851 to 1855.