{"product_id":"sir-john-franklin-and-the-arctic-regions-a-narrative-showing-the-progress-of-the-british-enterprise-for-the-discovery-of-the-north-west-passage-during-the-nineteenth-century-paperback-9781108048293","title":"Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions; A Narrative Showing the Progress of the British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-West Passage during the Nineteenth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108048293","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Narrative Showing the Progress of the British Enterprise for the Discovery of the North-West Passage during the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA history of Arctic expeditions and of the efforts to find lost explorer John Franklin (1786–1847), published in 1851.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Lund Simmonds (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108048293, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn May 1845, the famous Arctic explorer John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on another attempt to find the elusive North-West Passage. He never returned from this voyage, and was last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Some thirty rescue missions were launched between 1847 and 1859 to find the missing men. Franklin was not the first explorer to make the dangerous voyage to find the route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific, and journalist Peter Lund Simmonds (1814–97) draws from a wide range of reports and publications about these expeditions in his history of the search for the North-West Passage, published in 1851. The detailed account also includes descriptions of the many missions to find Franklin, and this second edition was published later in the same year as the first in order to include updated reports on the progress of his rescue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introductory remarks\u003cbr\u003e Captain John Ross's voyage in the Isabella and Alexander to Hudson's Bay in 1818\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of Buchan and Franklin in the Dorothea and Trent to Spitzbergen, etc., 1818\u003cbr\u003e Franklin's first land expedition, 1819–21\u003cbr\u003e Parry's first voyage in the Hecla and Griper, 1819–20\u003cbr\u003e Parry's second voyage in the Fury and Hecla, 1821–3\u003cbr\u003e Clavering's voyage to Spitzbergen and Greenland in the Griper, 1823\u003cbr\u003e Lyon's voyage in the Griper, 1824\u003cbr\u003e Parry's third voyage in the Hecla and Fury, 1824–5\u003cbr\u003e Franklin's second land expedition, 1825–6\u003cbr\u003e Captain Beechey's voyage to Behring Strait in the Blossom, 1826–8\u003cbr\u003e Parry's fourth or Polar voyage in the Hecla, 1827\u003cbr\u003e Captain John Ross's second voyage in the Victory, 1829–33\u003cbr\u003e Captain Back's land journey in search of Ross, 1833–5\u003cbr\u003e Back's voyage in the Terror up Hudson's Strait, 1836\u003cbr\u003e Messrs. Dease and Simpson's discoveries on the coast of Arctic America, 1836–9\u003cbr\u003e Dr. John Rae's land expedition, 1846–7\u003cbr\u003e Captain Sir John Franklin's last expedition in the Erebus and Terror, 1845–51\u003cbr\u003e The government and private searching expeditions\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of the Enterprise and Investigator under Captains Sir J. C. Ross and E. J. Bird, 1848–9\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of the transport, North Star, 1849\u003cbr\u003e Second voyage of the Enterprise and Investigator under Captain Collinson and Commander McClure, 1850\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of the Plover, and boat expeditions under Commander Pullen, 1848–51\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of the Lady Franklin and Sophia, purchased government ships, under the command of Mr. Penny\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of the Resolute and Assistance, under command of Captain Austin, with their steam tenders, Pioneer and Intrepid, 1850–1\u003cbr\u003e Voyage of Captain Sir John Ross in the Felix private schooner, 1850–1\u003cbr\u003e American government searching expedition in the US ships Advance and Rescue, under the command of Lieutenant de Haven, 1850–1\u003cbr\u003e Remarkable voyage of the private ship, Prince Albert, under the command of Captain Forsyth, R.N., to Regent Inlet and back, 1850\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266087768344,"sku":"9781108048293","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108048293i.jpg?v=1696746821","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sir-john-franklin-and-the-arctic-regions-a-narrative-showing-the-progress-of-the-british-enterprise-for-the-discovery-of-the-north-west-passage-during-the-nineteenth-century-paperback-9781108048293","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}