Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail ContractsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 1470
Book Description
A Frenchman in Search of Franklin
Author: Emile Frédéric de BrayPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802028136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
In April 1852 Emile Frederic de Bray sailed down the Thames on board Resolute. The ship was bound for the icy waters north of Canada as part of Sir Edward Belcher's Arctic Squadron searching for Sir John Franklin and his men, missing since the summer of 1845. De Bray's diaries of his years with Resolute have not been published before, in any language, and only one other account of this particular Franklin search expedition exists. Enseigne-de-vaisseau de Bray, seconded at his own request from the French navy, was something of a rarity among those who made up the search parties: he was not British. (One of his shipmates hoped for the best: 'The Frenchman does not seem an Englishman,' he observed, 'but I suppose he will improve on acquaintance.') As a result de Bray notices and comments on details and incidents his fellow officers would have considered unremarkable. Cape de Bray on the northwest coast of Melville Island commemorates the efforts of this intrepid French officer, who gained the respect of his fellows, was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur by Napoleon III, and was awarded the Arctic Medal by Queen Victoria.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The Antipodean Laboratory
Author: Anna JohnstonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009195921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Johnston shows how colonial knowledge from Australia influenced global thinking about religion, science, and society. Using a rich variety of sources including botanical illustrations, Victorian literature and convict memoirs, this multi-disciplinary study charts how new ways of identifying ideas were forged and circulated between colonies.
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
Author: Russell A. PotterPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228013372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journey’s inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships’ departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crew’s exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families.
American Archives
Author: Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts: Hearings, May 14-25, 1934
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Air and Ocean Mail ContractsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Naval Documents of the American Revolution
Author: Michael J. CrawfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1836
Book Description