The gates of hell Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / Andrew Lambert.

Contents Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell -- The North West Passage : designs and delusions -- John Franklin : navigator -- Another career -- Scientific empires -- From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43 -- Science, culture and civilisation -- 'The nucleus of an iceberg' -- Magnetic empires -- 'Till our provisions get short' -- Defeated, deceived and defrauded -- Belcher -- Martyrs of science -- Arctic Fox -- Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer' -- Terror : what really happened?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 395-405) and index.
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LCCN 2010549793
ISBN9780300154856
ISBN9780300167887

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