John Brown

The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin

With a Sequel to 'The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for S

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1858 work, reissued here with its 1860 sequel, sought to promote Arctic knowledge and the efforts to find Franklin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 566
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 789g
• ISBN-13: 9781108074964
• ISBN-10: 1108074960
• Artikelnr.: 40868689

Autorenporträt

John Brown (1830-1922) was a Congregational minister who served at Park Chapel, Manchester, from 1855 to 1864 and at Bunyan Church, Bedford, from 1864 to 1903. He was the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale in 1899. Brown wrote broadly in history and biblical studies but is best known for his Bunyan work. He edited Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 'Holy War', and 'Grace Abounding' (3 vols., London, 1887-88) and Bunyan's complete works for the Cambridge University Press (2 vols., Cambridge, 1905-06).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. A glance at the origin of the question of a north-west passage
2. Attempts to get to the north of Hudson's Bay
3. Royal geographical Society invites opinions
4. Various plans
5. Pioneer sails for Behring's Strait
6. Intelligence from Sir J. C. Ross
7. New year sad but active
8. Dr King
9. Plans
10. Evidence before the committee
11. Sir J. C. Ross's suggestions
11*. Home thoughts
12. Petermann's revised plan
13. New year
14. Capt. M'Clure's despatches
15. Home
16. Reflections
17. New year
18. Has all been done that can be done?
19. The new year
Appendix
Index
Preface to the second edition
Introduction to the second edition
20. Final expedition
21. Reflections
22. The question, did Sir John Franklin discover the North-West Passage?, answered
New searching expeditions
List of works on Arctic subjects
Opinions of the press, etc.