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UNINA9910813629403321 |
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Titolo |
May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition / / edited by Russell A. Potter [and four others] |
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Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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ISBN |
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0-2280-1336-4 |
0-2280-1337-2 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (505 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discoveries in geography |
Explorers - Great Britain |
Sailors - Great Britain |
Personal correspondence |
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Northwest Passage Discovery and exploration British Sources |
Arctic Ocean Northwest Passage |
Arctic Regions |
Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- MAY WE BE SPARED TO MEET ON EARTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Anticipation -- 2 Preparation -- 3 Sailing -- 4 London to Stromness -- 5 Stromness to Greenland -- 6 Last Partings -- 7 Letters to the Lost -- Appendices -- A Harry Goodsir's "Zoology from the Arctic Expedition," with a fragment of a letter to Edward Forbes -- B Unattributed Letters in the Press -- C Franklin's Two Official Despatches to the Admiralty -- D A Brief Account of the Role of Steam Power in the Launch of the Expedition -- E A Note on the Proposed Route of the Expedition -- F Capsule Biographies of the Writers of These Letters -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and Sources -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth collects the private correspondence |
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