The initials of a previous owner appear on the front green wrapper. This copy is in the original uncolored state. The last hand-colored copy I sold was priced at $4500.
#Erebus and terror series
This work was issued with monochrome (uncolored plates) some copies were hand-colored at a later date. The Terror: is it a true story, what happened to HMS Erebus and the real events behind Ridley Scott's series The series tells the story of a devastating British naval expedition to the. Any of the published results of this Antarctic exploratory voyage are quite scarce this is especially true for the volume on the 'Birds of New Zealand' with exquisitely detailed lithographed plates. A chilling tale based on one of polar exploration’s deepest mysteries, with a crew stalked by a murderous presence. The various volumes documenting this significant expedition were edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray. After two years of pandemic delays, Parks Canadas Underwater Archaeology Team has returned to the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic. According to international maritime law, military shipwrecks are the property of the country that launches an expedition. Frozen and isolated at the end of the earth. Ross - one of the expedition's principal discoveries was the Ross Ice Shelf. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The main armaments were large bore mortars which weighed 3 tons each and required that the ships be considerably reinforced for the punishing work that this entailed as the mortars had a powerful recoil. Erebus and Terror to Antarctica took place in 1839-1843 under the Command of Capt. Erebus Erebus and terror were designed as 'bomb ships ' for the naval bombardment of shore targets. Bowdler Sharpe, who added an appendix and the remaining 15 plates. The volume remained unfinished until 1875, when the work was edited by R. Gray was first published in 3 parts about 1844/1845 and included 22 plates. I will always do my best to make sure you get your order as soon as possible.
The last Europeans to see them alive were the crews of two whaling ships in Baffin Bay in July 1845, just before they entered the labyrinth of the. We use a variety of recycled materials to ship your orders and keep the products safe during transit. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 129 men aboard them disappeared in the Arctic. Later gray cloth with the spine lettered in black, the original green printed wrappers are bound in at rear, sm folio (12.5 x 10 inches). If you are unsure of your order, please contact us via email at All dollar amounts shown here are in CDN funds. 39 + 37 fine monochrome lithographic plates.