Sir Clements R. Markham (1830-1916) had succumbed to smoke after
accidentally igniting his bedclothes while reading by candlelight;
the task of completing this history therefore fell to his friend
and fellow geographer F. H. H. Guillemard (1852-1933), who
published it in 1921. In the course of his long career, Markham had
sailed to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin, jeopardised
his job in the India Office by joining the British attempt to reach
the North Pole in 1875-6, and served as president of the Royal
Geographical Society, sending Robert Falcon Scott on his first
expedition to Antarctica. His extensive knowledge of the prominent
polar explorers and expeditions of his day lends this publication
an especial interest and authority. Enhanced by a number of maps
and illustrations, the book also considers certain scientific and
economic developments, notably the growth of the whaling industry.
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