The Franklin Expedition from First to Last (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108071642)

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.

Author: Richard King
ISBN-10: 1108071643
ISBN-13: 9781108071642
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2014
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d