INTRODUCTION.
His Majesty’s Government having determined upon
sending an Expedition from the Shores of Hudson’s
Bay by land to explore the Northern Coast of America
from the Mouth of the C...
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John Franklin will always be better known, deservedly, for the events of his life than for his narratives of them; yet his two books of early-nineteenth-century arctic travels present some of the best...
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The English explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) is perhaps the most important figure in the search for the Northwest Passage.In the 40-year period after the Napoleonic Wars, the British Admiralty t...
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The Journey to the Polar Sea
John Franklin
John Franklin, Sir