Buch, Französisch, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 671 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Buch, Französisch, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 671 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-05016-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The intrepid French explorer Joseph René 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.
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Avertissement; Joseph-René Bellot; Introduction; Journal d'un voyage aux mers polaires; Notes et documents.
