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Paperback. In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and menwere fated never to return. The cause of their loss remains a mystery.Shocked by the disappearance of all 129 officers and men, and sickened by reports of cannibalism, the Victorians re-created Franklin as the brave Christian hero who laid down his life, and those of his men. Later generations have been more sceptical about Franklin and his supposed selfless devotion to duty. But does either view really explain why this outstanding scientific navigator found his ships trapped in pack ice seventy miles from magnetic north?Andrew Lambert re-examines the life and the evidence with his customary brilliance and authority. In this riveting story of the Arctic, he discovers a new Franklin: a character far more complex, and more truly heroic, than previous histories have allowed. The gripping story of the worst ever catastrophe in British exploration, and the captain at the heart of it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571231614
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Title: Franklin (Paperback)
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new
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