The Franklin Expedition from First to Last

by Richard King

Book Overview

Having participated in a rescue mission to aid John Ross in the Arctic in the 1830s, traveller and surgeon Richard King (1810/11-76) considered himself qualified to suggest where the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin, which had set off in 1845, could be found. In his letters to periodicals, government ministers and the Admiralty, published in this collection in 1855, King argues that the missing party would be located near the mouth of the Great...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108071643
• ISBN13: 9781108071642
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"