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Sir John Franklin : expeditions to destiny / Anthony Dalton.
- Title
- Sir John Franklin : expeditions to destiny / Anthony Dalton.
- Author
- Dalton, Anthony
- Publication
- Victoria [B.C.] : Heritage, c2012.
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- Description
- 140 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests of the 19th century. Despite tantalising clues, the ships were never found, and the fate of Franklins expedition passed into legend as one of the Norths great and enduring mysteries. Anthony Dalton explores the eventful and fascinating life of this complex and intelligent man, beginning with his early sea voyages and arduous overland explorations in the Arctic.
- Series Statement
- Amazing stories
- Uniform Title
- Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- chapter 1 The Boy Sailor -- chapter 2 To the Arctic -- chapter 3 Rivers, Muskeg and Waterfalls -- chapter 4 The Spectre of Cannibalism -- chapter 5 Overland to the Polar Sea, Again -- chapter 6 A Rainbow in the Mediterranean -- chapter 7 Governor of Van Diemen's Land -- chapter 8 To the Northwest Passage -- chapter 9 Somewhere in the Arctic -- chapter 10 An Expedition Disappears -- chapter 11 Where is Franklin? -- chapter 12 The Answers Begin to Emerge -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781927051818
- 1927051819
- OCLC
- 801167129
- SCSB-10934914
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library