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This 1858 work, reissued here with its 1860 sequel, sought to promote Arctic knowledge and the efforts to find Franklin.
List of contents
Preface; Introduction; 1. A glance at the origin of the question of a north-west passage; 2. Attempts to get to the north of Hudson's Bay; 3. Royal geographical Society invites opinions; 4. Various plans; 5. Pioneer sails for Behring's Strait; 6. Intelligence from Sir J. C. Ross; 7. New year sad but active; 8. Dr King; 9. Plans; 10. Evidence before the committee; 11. Sir J. C. Ross's suggestions; 11*. Home thoughts; 12. Petermann's revised plan; 13. New year; 14. Capt. M'Clure's despatches; 15. Home; 16. Reflections; 17. New year; 18. Has all been done that can be done?; 19. The new year; Appendix; Index; Preface to the second edition; Introduction to the second edition; 20. Final expedition; 21. Reflections; 22. The question, did Sir John Franklin discover the North-West Passage?, answered; New searching expeditions; List of works on Arctic subjects; Opinions of the press, etc.
About the author
John Brown (1830-1922) was a Congregational minister who served at Park Chapel, Manchester, from 1855 to 1864 and at Bunyan Church, Bedford, from 1864 to 1903. He was the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale in 1899. Brown wrote broadly in history and biblical studies but is best known for his Bunyan work. He edited Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 'Holy War', and 'Grace Abounding' (3 vols., London, 1887-88) and Bunyan's complete works for the Cambridge University Press (2 vols., Cambridge, 1905-06).
Summary
An enthusiastic promoter of polar exploration, John Brown (1797–1861) published in 1858 this account of previous Arctic voyages and the searches for the Franklin expedition. It is reissued here in one volume with its 1860 sequel, which covers the 1857–9 expedition that discovered evidence of the missing men.
