The gates of hell
Subtitle: Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage
By: Andrew Lambert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780300154856
Subjects: Expedition; British; Erebus (Ship); Terror (Ship); Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-405) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell; title: The North West Passage : designs and delusions; title: John Franklin : navigator; title: Another career; title: Scientific empires; title: From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43; title: Science, culture and civilisation; title: 'The nucleus of an iceberg'; title: Magnetic empires; title: 'Till our provisions get short'; title: Defeated, deceived and defrauded; title: Belcher; title: Martyrs of science; title: Arctic Fox; title: Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer'; title: Terror : what really happened?