The Far North

Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography, Americas, North America
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Author: Elisha Kent Kane ISBN: 1230001287172
Publisher: JW Publications Publication: July 23, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
ISBN: 1230001287172
Publisher: JW Publications
Publication: July 23, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

In May, 1845, Sir John Franklin sailed from England with the ships Erebus and Terror, on an expedition to attempt the discovery of a "North-West Passage," or water-communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, to the north of the American Continent. No intelligence was received from him after the year following. 
Numerous expeditions were fitted out and despatched in search of Franklin and his brave crew, both from this country and from America. In 1854, Dr Rae returned with information that the Esquimaux had reported having seen the bodies of "forty white men," near Great Fish River, in the spring of 1850. This intelligence was not considered trustworthy, and Lady Franklin fitted out a private expedition, under the command of Captain M'Clintock, who sailed from Aberdeen in the steam-yacht Fox, July, 1857. He returned in 1859 with indisputable proofs of the death of Franklin, and the fate of the expedition under his command, - full details of which he afterwards published. 

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In May, 1845, Sir John Franklin sailed from England with the ships Erebus and Terror, on an expedition to attempt the discovery of a "North-West Passage," or water-communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, to the north of the American Continent. No intelligence was received from him after the year following. 
Numerous expeditions were fitted out and despatched in search of Franklin and his brave crew, both from this country and from America. In 1854, Dr Rae returned with information that the Esquimaux had reported having seen the bodies of "forty white men," near Great Fish River, in the spring of 1850. This intelligence was not considered trustworthy, and Lady Franklin fitted out a private expedition, under the command of Captain M'Clintock, who sailed from Aberdeen in the steam-yacht Fox, July, 1857. He returned in 1859 with indisputable proofs of the death of Franklin, and the fate of the expedition under his command, - full details of which he afterwards published. 

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