CRESSWELL (SAMUEL GURNEY) A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour (together with a Coloured Map of the Route)... of the Voyage of H.M S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the Discovery of the North-West Passage, FIRST EDITION, title (incorporating dedication to the Queen), 4pp. of text, 6 chromolithographed plates (only of 8, without nos. 4 and 8) by W. Simpson and E. Walker after Cresswell, one chromolithographed map, tissue guards, some light soiling and spotting (mostly marginal), blank corners of 3 softened with minor losses, publisher's printed wrappers (loose without spine, short tears_ [Abbey Travel 644; Sabin 17490], folio (825 x 445mm.), Day & Son, 25 July, 1854 Footnotes: RARE. CRESSWELL'S VIEWS OF THE ENTRAPMENT AND ABANDONMENT OF H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR IN THE ARCTIC ICE, during the Expedition led by Robert McClure in 1850. The primary purpose was to discovery the fate of John Franklin, but during the voyage McClure became the first person to confirm and transit the Northwest Passage by a combination of sea travel and sledging. The Expedition crew spent three years trapped in the pack ice, before eventually abandoning their ship, and making their escape across the ice. Rescued by the HMS Resolute, which was itself later lost to the ice, McClure returned to England in 1854, where he was knighted and rewarded for completing the passage. In 2010 the wreck of the HMS Investigator was discovered near Banks Island in the Northwest Territories. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing