Life of Sir John Franklin, R.n.

Klappentext A personal memoir of Polar explorer Sir John Franklin, based on family documents and originally published in 1896. Zusammenfassung Prolific journalist! satirist and author Henry Duff Traill published books on a wide range of subjects from politics to travel. This 1896 work! the most thorough of his six biographies! draws on personal documents provided by the Franklin family to give a portrait of the Arctic explorer's character and career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Early years afloat, 1786-1807; 2. Service in two hemispheres, 1807-15; 3. The Dorothea and the Trent, 1815-18; 4. First Arctic expedition, 1818-21; 5. The fight with famine, 1821-2; 6. Husband and widower, 1822-5; 7. Second Arctic expedition, 1825-7; 8. Three years of repose, 1827-30; 9. A Mediterranean command, 1830-3; 10. Before Patras, 1832-4; 11. Lady Franklin's travels, 1831-3; 12. Unwelcome leisure, 1834-6; 13. A new appointment, 1836; 14. Tasmania, 1836-42; 15. The colonial governor, 1836-42; 16. Tasmanian incidents, 1842; 17. Franklin and Montagu, 1841-4; 18. Franklin and Downing Street, 1842-4; 19. A return to the sea, 1844; 20. The last voyage, 1845; 21. 'Towards no earthly pole', 1845-8; 22. The searches for the lost, 1848-54; 23. The 'record' found, 1854-9; 24. A devoted widowhood, 1859-75; 25. Character and career, 1786-1847; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Duff Traill, Traill Henry Duff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781108045124
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04512-4
• No. of pages: 490
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, maritime history, Geographical discovery and exploration, Arctic regions, Historical Geography, Biography: adventurers and explorers