Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph René Bellot, with His Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas in Search of Sir John Franklin

by Joseph René Bellot

Book Overview

Joseph Ren Bellot (1826-53) was a French naval officer whose travels took him from Africa to the Arctic before his tragic death at the age of 27. In 1851 he joined a British expedition to search for the missing explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), whose expedition to find the North-West Passage was last heard of in July 1845. Although the voyage was unsuccessful in its search, it explored previously unknown areas of the Arctic. Bellot kept extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108050042
• ISBN13: 9781108050043
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"