Journey to the Polar Sea
by Franklin, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0851777899
- ISBN 13
- 9780851777894
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Synopsis
JOHN FRANKLIN, born in 1786. Many naval experiences, including Trafalgar, before heading an expedition across northern Canada in 1819. Elected F.R.S. and knighted after a second expedition. Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1836 to 1843. Last expedition, 1845, was lost, and Franklin died in 1847 near the Arctic. Subsequent investigations have established him as the discoverer of the North-West Passage.
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52087
- Title
- Journey to the Polar Sea
- Author
- Franklin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- New edition
- ISBN 10
- 0851777899
- ISBN 13
- 9780851777894
- Publisher
- Conway Maritime Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 0851777899, North-west Passage, Arctic Exploration, Robert Falcon Scott
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & topography / Polar;
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