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Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Report of the Joint Committee Appointed to Receive the Remains and Conduct the Obsequies of the Late Elisha Kent Kane
Author: Biography of Elisha Kent Kane
Author: William ElderPublisher: Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson ; Boston : Phillips, Sampson
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Biography of E. K. Kane
Author: William ELDER (M.D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Author: Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0871693860
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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The Coldest Crucible
Author: Michael F. RobinsonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226721876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
In the late 1800s, “Arctic Fever” swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to stand at the North Pole. Few of these missions were successful, and many men lost their lives en route. Yet failure did little to dampen the enthusiasm of new explorers or the crowds at home that cheered them on. Arctic exploration, Michael F. Robinson argues, was an activity that unfolded in America as much as it did in the wintry hinterland. Paying particular attention to the perils facing explorers at home, The Coldest Crucible examines their struggles to build support for the expeditions before departure, defend their claims upon their return, and cast themselves as men worthy of the nation’s full attention. In so doing, this book paints a new portrait of polar voyagers, one that removes them from the icy backdrop of the Arctic and sets them within the tempests of American cultural life. With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers—including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary—The Coldest Crucible reveals why the North Pole, a region so geographically removed from Americans, became an iconic destination for discovery.
Dr. Kane's Voyage to the Polar Lands
Author: Oscar M. VillarejoPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819131
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Based on a narrative manuscript of Johan Carl Christian Petersen, a member of Elisha Kent Kane's expedition to Greenland, 1853-55.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Catalogue of the New York State Library: 1855--Catalogue of the New York State Library: 1861
Author: New York State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Catalogue of the New York State Library ...
Author: New York State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Catalogue. General library
Author: New York state, librPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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