Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the Year 1885.

102 pp. Large fold-out map precedes text, another large fold-out map follows text. Numerous engraved plates (some color) throughout. John Muir was a passenger on the Corwin just a few years before the voyage described here, and wrote a book about it entitled 'The Cruise of the Corwin.' Arctic Bibliography 18401: "Account by M.A. Healy of the Corwin's cruise in Bering and Chukchi Seas, giving aid to natives and ship-wrecked whalers, patroling the fur seal islands and visiting Bogoslof Island; dispatching exploratory parties to complete the survey of Kowak (Kobuk) River and explore the Noatak River. Appended to the captain's, are reports by members of the expedition... [including notes] on the natural history and ethnology of northern Alaska."