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[MAPS]. [FORCE, Peter (1790-1868), compiler]. MORSE, Sidney Edwards (1794-1871). “Chart Showing the Recent Search for a North-West Passage. Also the Coast Explored in Search of Sir John Franklin, Between the Years 1848-1854." New York: 1854 [actually ca. 1856]. Engraved for the Geographical and Commercial Grade. Hand-colored engraved map. Approximately 13 x 16 ¼". Chart toned, coloring faded, light soiling, offsetting, foxing. Very good. A SCARCE CHART DETAILING THE EFFORTS TO FIND SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, WITH FULL MARGINS. This map shows the paths of several rescue vessels, and with an inset map of “Discovers in and North of Wellington Channel", inset illustrations of the HMS Phoenix, “Ice Hummocks," a polar bear, and “The Three Graves at Beechey I."