Arctic Explorations Kane, Grinnel Expedition New Hardcover The Lakeside Press 96

Description: Arctic Explorations Kane, Grinnel Expedition New Hardcover The Lakeside Press 96 Like New Hardcover Book with Gilded (top) Edge pages Title: Arctic Explorations The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin 1853, 54, 55. Author: Kane, Elisha Kent. Edited by Chauncey Loomis and Constance Martin. Printed by The Lakeside Press for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in 1996. This is Number 94 in a series of a book per year printed by the company for their employees, customers, and friends starting in 1903. Limited high quality prints made each year for the longest standing run of its kind. These books have become highly sought after collectors items for some. Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857) was an American Arctic explorer. He studied medicine in his native Philadelphia and in 1843 entered the U.S. Navy as a surgeon. In 1850 he sailed as the senior medical officer and naturalist on an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin (1786–1847), the British naval officer and explorer who had been missing in the Canadian Arctic since 1845. Funded by New York merchant Henry Grinnell and carried out by the U.S. Navy, the expedition explored Lancaster Sound and Wellington Channel and found one of Franklin's camps but no trace of the men. The expedition was led by Lieutenant Edwin Jesse De Haven and consisted of two ships, the brig Advance and the brig Rescue. In 1853–55 Kane was placed in command of a second expedition, also funded by Grinnell, which also failed to find Franklin.

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