Printed material

Printed material relating chiefly to McCormick's voyage up the Wellington Channel in 1852 as part of the search for Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), published as Narrative of a Boat-Expedition up the Wellington Channel in the Year 1852 (London: Eyre and Spotteswoode, 1854), but also to other phases of his career and to other polar explorers.

Comprised of the following:

MS.8682/1-9: Evolving versions of McCormick's account of his voyage up the Wellington Channel in 1852, c.1854. Evolving versions of McCormick's account of his voyage up the Wellington Channel in 1852; printed proofs, most carrying holograph directions and corrections. 1: "Dr. McCormick's boat expedition up the Wellington Channel, 1852". Chapter XIV of a longer work, possibly the Parliamentary Blue Book describing the expeditions headed by Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877), of which McCormick's journey formed a part, and Robert McClure (1807-1873). The section held here carries page numbers 187-194 and lacks the ending. N.d. (c.1854). 2: Dr. McCormick's boat expedition up the Wellington Channel, 1852. As item 1 but text complete and now a free-standing publication. 39 pp. N.d. (c. 1854). 3-6: Dr. McCormick's expedition up the Wellington Channel in the year 1852, commanding H.M. Boat "Forlorn Hope," in search of Sir John Franklin. Expanded versions of item 2, differing slightly from one another in pagination and placing of illustrations: items 3-5 have illustrations bound in, while item 6 has loose illustrations inserted.

MS.8682/10: Last plan of search for the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition, c.1857. Last plan of search for the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition, laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Royal Geographical Society by Robert McCormick, F.R.C.S., R.N., January 6, 1857 . Uncut printed sheet carrying two copies of the text, carryng page nos.61-66.

MS.8682/11-13: Memorial and testimonials of the services of Robert McCormick, c.1866. Appendix: Memorial and testimonials of the services of Robert McCormick, R.N., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, laid before his Grace the Duke of Somerset, K.G., and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1866: various versions. 11: proof sheets, corrected, some duplicated. N.d. (c.1866). 12: uncut proof sheets, some duplicated. N.d. (c.1866). 13: printed and bound version. N.d. (c.1866).

MS.8682/14: Printed advertisement, c.1884. Printed advertisement, with reviews, for McCormick's Voyages of discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic seas, and round the world .

MS.8682/15: Printed advertisement, Mid to late 19th century. Printed advertisement for The North-West Passage and the plans proposed for the search for Sir John Franklin: a review , by John Brown.

MS.8682/16-18: Printed material by Dr. Richard King, 1844-1845. Printed material by Dr. Richard King, British Arctic traveller and advocate of lightweight equipment and Inuit methods, presented to McCormick. 貂tem no.16: "On the Fish River of the Polar Sea", by Richard King: offprint from the London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science . 1844. 貂tems nos.17-18: letters from Richard King to Sir John Barrow, proposing plans for Arctic exploration: offprints from unspecified journal. 1845.

MS.8682/19: The Auckland Isles, Mid to late 19th century. The Auckland Isles : fragment of a printed work by an unspecified author, describing the setting up of a settlement in New Zealand.

MS.8682/20-22: Newspapers, 1841-1860.

MS.8682/20: Hobart Town Advertiser, 4 June 1841. This issue dates from McCormick's visit to Tasmania with the Erebus expedition. 4 June 1841.

MS.8682/21: The Weekly Times: a London newspaper of history, politics, literature, science, and art, 26 March 1854. This issue carries a review of the Parliamentary Blue Book describing the expedition headed by Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877) of which McCormick's journey up the Wellington Channel formed a part, and Robert McClure (1807-1873).

MS.8682/22: The Morning Star, 14 January 1860.

1841-c.1884

22 items

Presented 1907

Described in: typescript finding aids, supplementary to the Library's published catalogues and written by Richard Aspin, Christopher Hilton, Keith Moore and Richard Palmer.