Edwin Jesse De Haven: the first US Arctic explorer
ABSTRACT Edwin Jesse De Haven (1816–1865) led the first Grinnell expedition in search of the lost British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850–1851. Since it was the ship's charismatic surgeon, Elisha Kent Kane, who wrote the popular account of the voyage, De Haven's achievements have genera...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400020660 2024-03-03T08:39:18+00:00 Edwin Jesse De Haven: the first US Arctic explorer Cruwys, Liz 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400020660 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400020660 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 28, issue 166, page 205-212 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1992 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400020660 2024-02-08T08:37:57Z ABSTRACT Edwin Jesse De Haven (1816–1865) led the first Grinnell expedition in search of the lost British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850–1851. Since it was the ship's charismatic surgeon, Elisha Kent Kane, who wrote the popular account of the voyage, De Haven's achievements have generally been overlooked. De Haven joined the United States Navy when he was 13 and was master on the ill-fated Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) to the Antarctic under Charles Wilkes. He saw action in the Mexican War in 1848, and was serving under Matthew Fontaine Maury at the Naval Observatory when he was chosen to take command of the first United States Franklin search expedition. He retired from the navy at the age of 46 and died three years later. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Kane ENVELOPE(-63.038,-63.038,-73.952,-73.952) Peacock ENVELOPE(169.450,169.450,-72.217,-72.217) Polar Record 28 166 205 212 |
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ABSTRACT Edwin Jesse De Haven (1816–1865) led the first Grinnell expedition in search of the lost British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850–1851. Since it was the ship's charismatic surgeon, Elisha Kent Kane, who wrote the popular account of the voyage, De Haven's achievements have generally been overlooked. De Haven joined the United States Navy when he was 13 and was master on the ill-fated Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) to the Antarctic under Charles Wilkes. He saw action in the Mexican War in 1848, and was serving under Matthew Fontaine Maury at the Naval Observatory when he was chosen to take command of the first United States Franklin search expedition. He retired from the navy at the age of 46 and died three years later. |
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