Journey to the Polar Sea
by John Franklin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0851777899
- ISBN 13
- 9780851777894
- Seller
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About This Item
Very good in all respects. No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.
Synopsis
JOHN FRANKLIN, born in 1786. Many naval experiences, including Trafalgar, before heading an expedition across northern Canada in 1819. Elected F.R.S. and knighted after a second expedition. Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1836 to 1843. Last expedition, 1845, was lost, and Franklin died in 1847 near the Arctic. Subsequent investigations have established him as the discoverer of the North-West Passage.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Stokes (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio441
- Title
- Journey to the Polar Sea
- Author
- John Franklin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0851777899
- ISBN 13
- 9780851777894
- Publisher
- Conway Maritime Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
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