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pp. 401, includes appendices, index, list of members, fold-out map on rear portion of book. Book in excellent condition, binding clean and sound, pages clean. From the preface : “In publishing the Arctic exploration letters of John Rae the Hudson’s Bay Record Society is breaking fresh ground. For although the search for a North-west Passage, and Arctic exploration in general, have always been closely interwoven in the Company’s history, these are problems which have not hitherto formed the subject of a volume of the Record Society’s publications. The natural interest of these matters, the participation of the Company, the personality of Rae and his great contribution to the technique of Arctic exploration, are all enhanced by his dramatic contribution to the solution of the mystery of Franklin’s last expedition.”