| Journal d'Un Voyage Aux Mers Polaires: Exécuté À La Recherche de Sir John Franklin, En 1851 Et 1852 Contributor(s): Bellot, Joseph René (Author), Lemer, Julien (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108050166 ISBN-13: 9781108050166 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.33 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The intrepid French explorer Joseph Ren Bellot (1826-53) became a symbol of Anglo-French friendship in 1851, when he took part in the second expedition of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin. During the seventeen-month expedition, Bellot wrote a journal which captures his enthusiasm for the discovery of unknown lands and the anxieties of a perilous journey. Together with Captain William Kennedy, Bellot found the northernmost point of the American continent and was named a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His journal was published posthumously, together with a short account of his life, in 1854 by Julien Lemer, and reissued several times because of its scientific and literary interest. Bellot died tragically, aged twenty-seven, during his second polar expedition. His courage and devotion to a foreign cause earned him much admiration in Britain: an obelisk was raised in his honour outside the Greenwich Hospital for sailors. |