Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar S... - 9781108041331

Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827Author(s): John Franklin, John Richardson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108041331, 978-1108041331\nSynopsis\nSir John Franklin [tel] joined the Navy at the age of fourteen and saw action at Copenhagen and Trafalgar. Between those battles, he circumnavigated Australia with his uncle, Matthew Flinders; he became famous after his first major expedition to northern Canada in [tel], although it resulted in the deaths of over half of his men. Accounts of both of these voyages are also reissued in this series. Franklin returned to the Arctic in 1825, and this, his second book, describes that more successful endeavour. Published in 1828, it records the expedition's planning, route, scientific observations, and the mapping of over 1200 miles of Canada's northern coastline. The party included two artists.