Sir John Franklin : expeditions to destiny /

After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Erebus and Terror, and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests of the 19th century. Despite tantalizing clues, the ships were n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dalton, Anthony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House, [2012]
©2012
Colección:Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
Temas:
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847.
Franklin, John, > Sir, > 1786-1847.
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Explorateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Canada > Territories & Nunavut (NT, NU, YT)
Discoveries in geography > British
Explorers
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British.
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du > Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage
Arctic Regions
Great Britain
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
HISTORY / Polar Regions
TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Boy Sailor""; ""Chapter 2: To the Arctic""; ""Chapter 3: Rivers, Muskeg and Waterfalls""; ""Chapter 4: The Spectre of Cannibalism""; ""Chapter 5: Overland to the Polar Sea, Again""; ""Chapter 6: A Rainbow in the Mediterranean""; ""Chapter 7: Governor of Van Diemenâ€?s Land""; ""Chapter 8: To the Northwest Passage""; ""Chapter 9: Somewhere in the Arctic""; ""Chapter 10: An Expedition Disappears""; ""Chapter 11: Where is Franklin?""; ""Chapter 12: The Answers Begin to Emerge""; ""Epilogue""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""
  • AcknowledgementsAbout the Author
  • More Amazing Stories by Anthony Dalton

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