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The Journey to the Polar Sea

By John Franklin

Book information

Publisher
EbooksLib
Year
2005
ISBN
9781412162555
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
415 kB (424865 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-03-11 18:20:11
History; Nonfiction; HIS000000

Description

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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