Journal d'un Voyage aux Mers Polaires: Execute a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852

Joseph Rene Bellot

Journal d'un Voyage aux Mers Polaires: Execute a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
26 April 2012
Pages
480
ISBN
9781108050166

Journal d'un Voyage aux Mers Polaires: Execute a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852

Joseph Rene Bellot

The intrepid French explorer Joseph Rene 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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