Elisha Kent Kane
1820-1857
American arctic explorer who in 1850 led an unsuccessful mission to northwest Greenland to search for British explorer Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. A trained physi...
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Elisha Kent Kane
Born February 3, 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died February 16, 1857, Havana, Cuba
In 1845 British naval officer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) led an expedition into the C...
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Elisha Kent Kane
Elisha Kent Kane