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Franklin's Footsteps, a Sketch of Greenland, Along the Shores of Which His Expedition Passed, and of the Parry Isles, Where the Last Traces of It Were Found, by Clement [Sic] Robert Markham

Franklin's Footsteps, a Sketch of Greenland, Along the Shores of Which His Expedition Passed, and of the Parry Isles, Where the Last Traces of It Were Found, by Clement [Sic] Robert Markham


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S EXPEDITION. On receiving intelligence of the unsuccessful termination of Sir John Ross's expedition, the Government determined on sending out four more vessels, in the hope of rescuing, or at least of ohtaining some information respecting the fate of, the missing vessels. Captain Austin was selected, on the recommendation of Sir Edward Parry, to command the new Arctic expedition, consisting of four vessels, which were commissioned on February 28th, 1850. The Resolute, of 410 tons, was a bark built at Shields; the Assistance, commanded by Captain Ommanney, of 430 tons (to which the author was appointed), was built at Bombay by a son of Sir Robert Seppings, the famous naval architect, and had formerly been a trader in the China Sea; to each vessel was attached a screw steam-tender of sixty-horse power, the Intrepid and the Pioneer. With these ships the rescue of Sir John Franklin was to be attempted. The Government also deemed it expedient to employ two brigs under Mr. Penny, a whaling captain, to search Jones's Sound; these were fitted out at Aberdeen; nor would old Sir John Ross be left behind, but followed in a small schooner of his own. Captain Austin was first lieutenant of the Fury, in her disastrous voyage to the Arctic Kegions, 1824-5. He subsequently served in the Chanticleer (surveying vessel) in the Pacific Ocean, and has since commanded several steamers. He was at the attack and taking of Sidon in 1840. When appointed to command the Arctic expedition, he was Captain of the Blenheim, line-ofbattle ship. Captain Austin's expedition had a supply of provisions for three years, and a transport was to complete it at the Whale-fish Islands. The complement of each bark was sixty men, and of the tenders thirty, --in all a hun...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151315656
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151315656
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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