The gates of hell : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847.
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847
Franklin, John (Forschungsreisender)
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Geschichte 1818-1848.
Geschichte 1845-1848.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
TRAVEL.
Discoveries in geography > British
Explorers
Expedition
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British.
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British.
Canada, Northern > Discovery and exploration > British.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage
Arctic Regions
Northern Canada
Great Britain
Arktis
Nordwestpassage
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell
  • The North West Passage : designs and delusions
  • John Franklin : navigator
  • Another career
  • Scientific empires
  • From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43
  • Science, culture and civilisation
  • 'The nucleus of an iceberg'
  • Magnetic empires
  • 'Till our provisions get short'
  • Defeated, deceived and defrauded
  • Belcher
  • Martyrs of science
  • Arctic Fox
  • Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer'
  • Terror : what really happened?

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