The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin
Dr Elisha Kane (1820–57), the most famous of American Arctic explorers before Peary, published this work in 1853. Having graduated from medical school, Kane joined the US Navy in 1843, and in 1850 was appointed senior medical officer on the expedition financed by the philanthropist Henry Grinnell to...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107476752 |