A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin: With a Peep into the Polar Basin (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration) - Softcover

Inglefield, E. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108071767 ISBN 13: 9781108071765

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

First published in 1853, this work recounts an unsuccessful expedition to find the missing Franklin expedition. Following the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew during a mission to find the North-West Passage, the Admiralty organised numerous searches for the missing men. The naval officer Edward Inglefield (1820-94) sailed to the Arctic in the summer of 1852 in command of the Isabel, a steamer donated by Lady Franklin on the condition that it was used to search for her husband. First published in 1853, Inglefield's account of the voyage is accompanied by a number of illustrations. The work also includes appendices listing the flowering plants and algae of the Arctic region as noted by the botanist George Dickie (1812-82), geographical and meteorological information collected by expedition surgeon Peter Sutherland (1822-1900), and Inglefield's correspondence with the Admiralty.

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Book Description

First published in 1853, this work recounts an unsuccessful mission to locate the missing Franklin expedition. Edward Inglefield (1820-94), a naval officer and explorer, captained the Isabel to the Arctic in the summer of 1852. The book also includes detailed scientific observations made in the region.

About the Author

George Dickie is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of "Aesthetics: An Introduction" (1971), "Art and the Aesthetic: An Institutional Analysis" (1974), "The Art Circle" (1984), "The Century of Taste" (1996), and "Evaluating Art" (1988). He co-edited "Aesthetics: A Critical Anthology" (1989, second edition), and "Introduction to Aesthetics" (1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108071767
• ISBN 13: 9781108071765
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 268