John Brown

Broschiertes Buch

The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin

With a Sequel to 'The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for S

Beschreibung

When John Brown (1797-1861) developed a defect in his eyesight, he could no longer embark on extended voyages for the East India Company. After making a fortune selling gold and diamonds, he cultivated his geographical interests, and was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1837. Brown was especially interested in the Arctic, and he became concerned about the missing Franklin expedition to find the North-West Passage. In this substantial work, first published in 1858 and reissued here in one volume with its 1860 sequel, Brown provides a detailed account of previous polar expeditions before turning to the efforts to find Franklin and his men. The sequel is devoted to the 1857-9 search expedition arranged by Lady Franklin and led by Leopold McClintock. A number of other works on Franklin's last expedition and the subsequent searches have also been reissued in this series.

Autor

John Brown (1830-1922) was a Congregational minister who served at Park Chapel, Manchester, from 1855 to 1864 and at Bunyan Church, Bedford, from 1864 to 1903. He was the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale in 1899. Brown wrote broadly in history and biblical studies but is best known for his Bunyan work. He edited Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 'Holy War', and 'Grace Abounding' (3 vols., London, 1887-88) and Bunyan's complete works for the Cambridge University Press (2 vols., Cambridge, 1905-06).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 566
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 789g
• ISBN-13: 9781108074964
• ISBN-10: 1108074960
• Artikelnr.: 40868689