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Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 by Sherard Osborn
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration Ser.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the goal of the North-West Passage had claimed the lives of many explorers, yet the disappearance of the expedition led by Sir John Franklin occasioned the greatest response. Naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822-75) took part in the search mission of 1850-1 under H ...Show more
The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 1854 - From the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert le M. M'Clure, Illustrated by S. Gurney Cresswell by Robert John Le Mesurier McClure; Sherard Osborn (Editor)
Category: HISTORY | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration Ser.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the North-West Passage, a trade route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, had been sought for centuries without success. The Franklin expedition of 1845 became the latest victim, and Irish naval officer Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (1807-73) took part in the ...Show more
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