Sir John Franklin

Author : Gillian Hutchinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472948717

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Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition by Gillian Hutchinson Pdf

In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 129 men aboard them disappeared in the Arctic. The last Europeans to see them alive were the crews of two whaling ships in Baffin Bay in July 1845, just before they entered the labyrinth of the Arctic Archipelago. The loss of this British hero and his crew, and the many rescue expeditions and searches that followed, captured the public imagination, but the mystery surrounding the expedition's fate only deepened as more clues were found. How did Franklin's final expedition end in tragedy? What happened to the crew? The thrilling discoveries in the Arctic of the wrecks of Erebus in 2014 and Terror in 2016 have brought the events of 170 years ago into sharp focus and excited new interest in the Franklin expedition. This richly illustrated book is an essential guide to this story of heroism, endurance, tragedy and dark desperation.

Author : John Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : OXFORD:500738960

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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22 by John Franklin Pdf

Author : Augustus Henry Beesly
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385452879

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Sir John Franklin by Augustus Henry Beesly Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : Augustus Henry Beesly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B555821

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Sir John Franklin by Augustus Henry Beesly Pdf

Author : Sir Allen W. Young,Sir John Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : NLS:V000707009

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The Search for Sir John Franklin by Sir Allen W. Young,Sir John Franklin Pdf

Author : Henry Duff Traill
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Northwest Passage
ISBN : NYPL:33433082364518

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The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N. by Henry Duff Traill Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Blair Latta
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554880201

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The Franklin Conspiracy by Jeffrey Blair Latta Pdf

The Franklin Conspiracy is an absorbing account of the single most enigmatic event in Canadian history. In 1845, two British Royal Navy ships, the Erebus and the Terror, commanded by Sir John Franklin, entered the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. Neither ship returned. A fifteen-year search uncovered evidence of unparalleled disaster, but to this day no one knows exactly how the 129 men of the Franklin Expedition met their deaths. Although the expedition did not run out of food, there is clear evidence of cannibalism. The ships carried two hundred message cylinders with them, yet failed to leave records. Stranger still, an earlier explorer, Thomas Simpson, was reputedly murdered for the "secret of the Northwest Passage." What was this "secret"? The Franklin Conspiracy is an exhaustively researched, compellingly reasoned answer to that question. The result is a shocking saga of conspiracy, cover-up, and unbelievable secrets the.

Author : James Alexander BROWNE (of the Royal Artillery.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026421867

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The North-West Passage and the Fate of Sir John Franklin by James Alexander BROWNE (of the Royal Artillery.) Pdf

Author : Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UVA:X002264211

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Fate of Sir John Franklin by Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock Pdf

Author : James Parsons (of North Shields.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026709715

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Reflections on the Mysterious Fate of Sir John Franklin by James Parsons (of North Shields.) Pdf

Author : Sherard Osborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : NYPL:33433003350109

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Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions by Sherard Osborn Pdf

Author : Charles Richard Weld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : OXFORD:N10584375

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The Search for Sir John Franklin by Charles Richard Weld Pdf

Author : Karl Brandes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10430833

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Sir John Franklin by Karl Brandes Pdf

Author : Scott Cookman
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470313299

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Ice Blink by Scott Cookman Pdf

"Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including evidence of cannibalism) found by searchers sent to look for Franklin in the 1850s. Adventure readers will flock to this fine regaling of the enduring mystery surrounding the best-known disaster in Arctic exploration."--Booklist "A great Victorian adventure story rediscovered and re-presented for a more enquiring time."--The Scotsman "A vivid, sometimes harrowing chronicle of miscalculation and overweening Victorian pride in untried technology.a work of great compassion."--The Australian It has been called the greatest disaster in the history of polar exploration. Led by Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, two state-of-the-art ships and 128 hand-picked men----the best and the brightest of the British empire----sailed from Greenland on July 12, 1845 in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. Fourteen days later, they were spotted for the last time by two whalers in Baffin Bay. What happened to these ships----and to the 129 men on board----has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of exploration. Drawing upon original research, Scott Cookman provides an unforgettable account of the ill-fated Franklin expedition, vividly reconstructing the lives of those touched by the voyage and its disaster. But, more importantly, he suggests a human culprit and presents a terrifying new explanation for what triggered the deaths of Franklin and all 128 of his men. This is a remarkable and shocking historical account of true-life suspense and intrigue.

Author : Dan Simmons
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316003889

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The Terror by Dan Simmons Pdf

The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). The men on board the HMS Terror — part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage — are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. “The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.” —Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe