The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin - With a Sequel to 'The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin' (Paperback)

When John Brown (1797 1861) developed a defect in his eyesight, he could no longer embark on extended voyages for the East India Company. After making a fortune selling gold and diamonds, he cultivated his geographical interests, and was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1837. Brown was especially interested in the Arctic, and he became concerned about the missing Franklin expedition to find the North-West Passage. In this substantial work, first published in 1858 and reissued here in one volume with its 1860 sequel, Brown provides a detailed account of previous polar expeditions before turning to the efforts to find Franklin and his men. The sequel is devoted to the 1857 9 search expedition arranged by Lady Franklin and led by Leopold McClintock. A number of other works on Franklin's last expedition and the subsequent searches have also been reissued in this series."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	John Brown
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	566
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07496-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography
LSN:	1-108-07496-0
Barcode:	9781108074964

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