A Short Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Prince Albert, in Search of Sir John Franklin

by William Kennedy

Book Overview

William Kennedy (1814-1890) was an explorer and fur trader. In 1851 he was recommended to Lady Franklin as the commander of her second sponsored expedition in search of her husband, Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who had not returned from his 1845 expedition to chart the remaining unexplored section of the Arctic and the Northwest Passage. This volume, first published in 1853, contains Kennedy's account of his 1851 Arctic expedition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110801965X
• ISBN13: 9781108019651
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"