For Glory, Not Gold

Name: For Glory, Not Gold
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ISBN: 9782080487919

Expeditions through Arctic Lands 1818-1876

Hubert Sagnières

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Flammarion
10 January 2026

Expeditions

Travel to the North Pole remains the ultimate challenge for intrepid adventurers; this tome takes readers along on ten daring nineteenth century expeditions through firsthand accounts and striking archival images.

This exceptional volume showcases ten major international arctic expeditions carried out between 1818 and 1876, tracing the journeys of courageous explorers from the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, and France. These courageous nautical pioneers braved icy conditions and the vast unknown in search of the coveted northern passage. Through text drawn from journals and travel logs, readers gain firsthand insight into fascinating figures—Sir Edward Parry, Sir John Ross, Sir John Franklin, Joseph-René Bellot, John Rae, Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Francis Hall, and Sir Georges Nares—as well as the epic expedition onboard the H.M.S. Investigator.

The beautifully produced and oversized volume features illustrations, engravings, maps, and rare documents from the author's personal collection of rare books and source documents. Above all, this tome serves as a reminder that beyond the purely commercial goals of the quest to create a northern trade route, the Arctic and the North Pole have always fueled the imagination, inspiring the most extreme nineteenth-century expeditions by courageous explorers who were driven by an insatiable thirst for new territories.

By: Hubert Sagnières
Imprint: Flammarion
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions: Height: 320mm, Width: 270mm,
Weight: 3.060kg
ISBN: 9782080487919
ISBN 10: 2080487914
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hubert Sagnières is passionate about history and travel. He has amassed a unique collection of books, travel journals, drawings, and maps relating the adventures of both famous and lesser-known explorers. He published Daring French Expeditions: Trailblazing Adventures around the World, 1714-1854.

Reviews for For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions through Arctic Lands 1818-1876

“Hubert Sagnières brilliantly tackles an expansive subject in his masterful storytelling style, offering readers a feast for the eyes as well as the mind with hundreds of maps, drawings, and rare documents from the heroic age of Arctic exploration…. Marvelous period illustrations capture life in the 19th century, from ships, camps, sledging, portraits of Indigenous peoples, encounters with polar bears to native life. Excerpts from logbooks and diaries bring an immediacy to the story. This is a marvelous book for all interested in the Arctic, in exploration and history or a great read.” --The Explorer’s Journal