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  • Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 - The Complete Edition

    by Franklin, John Knox Laughton ...
    Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845. In his last expedition to force the Northwest Passage, his ship became stuck in the ice leading to many unsuccessful rescue missions. “Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Modern History Collection

    by Mandell Creighton, Edward John Payne, J.B. Bury, Stanley Leathes, Edward Armstrong, Laurence Burd, Richard Garnett, Horatio Brown, T.F. Tout, Emil Reich, Henry Clarke, Adolphus Ward, James Gairdner, William Cunningham, Richard Jebb, M.R. James, William Barry, Henry Lea, Franz Kraus, Thomas Lindsay, Albert Pollard, Arthur Tilley, James Whitney, Andrew Fairbairn, William Collins, James Mullinger, F.W. Maitland, Reginald Laurence, George Edmundson, Thomas Law, John Laughton, Sidney Lee, Ugo Balzani, Arthur Butler, Martin Hume, Samuel Gairdner, Robert Dunlop, John Neville Figgis, W.F. Reddaway, George Prothero, William Shaw, Joseph Tanner, Charles Firth, William Reddaway, Mortiz Brosch, Arthur Clutton-Brock, Arthur Grant, Arthur Hassall, Emile Faguet, Stafford Northcote, Harold Child, John Pollock, Henry Gwatkin, Richard Lodge, Wolfgang Michael, Harold Temperley, Robert Nisbet Bain, Ernest Benians, Moritz Kaufmann ...
    This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites. ... Read more

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  • Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition

    by Osborn, John Knox Laughton ...
    The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was the search mission of 1850–1 under Horatio Thomas Austin, which ... Read more

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  • Schwatka's Search - Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records

    by William H. Gilder, John Knox Laughton ...
    In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue attempts. One such attempt was the De Long expedition on the “Rodgers” under Captain Berry, ... Read more

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  • In the Arctic Seas - A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions

    by Francis Leopold McClintock, John Knox Laughton ...
    The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue missions. One such attempt was made by Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy Sir Francis ... Read more

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  • The Arctic Queen - A Poem Dedicated to Elisha Kent Kane, in Search of Sir John Franklin

    by Anonymous, John Knox Laughton ...
    In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue attempts. Two such attempts were undertaken by Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857), American ... Read more

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  • The North West Passage Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Explorers of the North-West Passage

    by Roald Amundsen, Richard Hakluyt, Robert McClure ...
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    “The Northwest Passage Exploration Anthology”, features the first-hand personal accounts of explorers: Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, John Rae, John Franklin, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren Dease, William Edward Parry and Richard Hakluyt.This book charts the full history of the exploration of the legendary “Northwest Passage” – the sea-lane around the frozen Northern shore of the North American ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of John Jewitt: Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island

    by John Rodgers Jewitt ...
    THE PEOPLE OF THE PLAY. GORDON CABELL MR. McCOMAS CARTER HILLIARY (Charlotte's brOther) MR. HARBISON COL. PHILIP STUART MR. OBERCHEIN GEORGE STUART (his son) MR. H. YANCEY ... Read more

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  • The Canada Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Great Explorers of Canada

    by David Thompson, John Rae, Samuel De Champlain ...
    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    “The Canada Exploration Anthology”, features texts from Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Rene-Robert Chevalier de la Salle, Samuel Hearne, Alexander MacKenzie, David Thompson, John Rae. It also contains a wealth of pictures, photographs maps and diagrams pertaining to each of the 7 books included in this huge volume.The Anthology tells the tale of the discovery and exploration of Canada by ... Read more

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  • White Slaves of Maquinna: John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka

    John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka

    by John Jewitt ...
    John R. Jewitt's story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna, the great chief of the Mowachaht people, is both an adventure tale of survival and an unusual perspective on the First Nations of the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.On March 22, 1803, while anchored in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Boston was attacked by a group of Mowachaht warriors. Twenty-five of ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

    by Owen Chase ...
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    On November 20, 1820, Owen Chase was the First Mate of the Whale-Ship "Essex" when it was struck by an enraged Sperm Whale and sunk, stranding the crew in tiny whale-boats 2000 miles away from land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Of the 21 men who entered the 3 flimsy whale-boats, only 8 ultimately survived to be rescued. A harrowing journey lasting 90 days awaited these crewmen, involving ... Read more

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  • A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772

    by Samuel Hearne ...
    "A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean" is a remarkable account by Samuel Hearne, who undertook an arduous expedition to explore the northern territories of Canada. Hearne's narrative details his experiences as he traveled through harsh landscapes, encountering various Indigenous peoples and documenting their cultures and ways of life. His observations provide ... Read more

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