The Franklin Expedition from First to Last
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
- Author: Richard King
- Date Published: April 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108071642
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Having participated in a rescue mission to aid John Ross in the Arctic in the 1830s, traveller and surgeon Richard King (1810/11–76) considered himself qualified to suggest where the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, which had set off in 1845, could be found. In his letters to periodicals, government ministers and the Admiralty, published in this collection in 1855, King argues that the missing party would be located near the mouth of the Great Fish River. He volunteered to lead a search expedition, but was ignored. By 1859, remains of the Franklin party had been discovered near to where King said they would be. These letters tell the story of his campaign, throwing light on an interesting chapter in the history of polar exploration and the understanding of the Canadian Arctic. Several other works on Franklin's last expedition and the subsequent searches are also reissued in this series.
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- Date Published: April 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108071642
- length: 274 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.35kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus. 4 maps
- availability: Available
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Preface
The Franklin expedition.
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