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Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-
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Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-
Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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The gates of hell : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / Andrew Lambert.
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Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-
Yale University Press, 2009.
Call #:
919
.8
L222g
Subjects
Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
ISBN:
0300154852
9780300154856
Description:
xii, 428 p., [
8
] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-405) and index.
Contents:
Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell -- The North West Passage : designs and delusions -- John Franklin : navigator -- Another career -- Scientific empires -- From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43 -- Science, culture and civilisation -- 'The nucleus of an iceberg' -- Magnetic empires -- 'Till our provisions get short' -- Defeated, deceived and defrauded -- Belcher -- Martyrs of science -- Arctic Fox -- Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer' -- Terror : what really happened?
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