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9781108041744

Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise , on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait, 1850 - 55

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    9781108041744

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    1108041744

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-01-19
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Summary

Published posthumously in 1889, this journal records the 1850-5 expedition undertaken by naval officer and navigator Sir Richard Collinson (1811-83) to attempt to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition by entering the hypothetical North-West Passage from the 'other side', via Bering Strait. Franklin, the famous Polar explorer, disappeared on an expedition to discover the Passage in 1845, and no fewer than thirty attempts were made between 1847 and 1859 to investigate what had happened to his 129-strong party. Collinson set out in command of HMS Enterprise in 1850, and his ship, which passed three successive winters in the Arctic, came closest to the place where Franklin's expedition was believed to have ended. Collinson was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1858 for making a significant contribution to the geographical knowledge of the area, and he was knighted in 1875.

Table of Contents

Letter from Admiral Sir G. H. Richards to the Editor
The Journal: Prologue
England to Magellan Straits
Magellan Straits to Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Islands to the Polar Sea
Port Clarence and Icy Cape
To Sitka
To Hong Kong
To Port Clarence
To Baring or Banks Island
Prince of Wales Straits
Exploring parties
Dolphin and Union Straits
Cambridge Bay
Victoria Straits
Return Westward
Camden Bay
Return to England
Epilogue
Notes
The Memoir of Admiral Collinson T. B. Collinson
Ovingham School
HMS Cambridge, 1823âÇô7
HMS Chanticleer, 1828âÇô31
HMS Aetna, Medea, Sulphur, 1831âÇô9
Chinese War and survey, 1840âÇô6
At home, 1846âÇô9 and 1855âÇô62
The Trinity House, 1862âÇô83
Index
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