Project Gutenberg 2006-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 145 Franklin, John 1786 1847 Franklin, John, Sir Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Produced by Robert Cicconetti, GVB and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) "Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22" by John Franklin is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book chronicles the expedition led by Captain Franklin to explore the northern coast of North America, focusing on the geography, climate, and indigenous people encountered during the journey. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for Franklin's expedition, detailing the preparations and initial stages of the journey from England. The text introduces Franklin and his companions, who are tasked with mapping the northern coastline and observing various geographical phenomena. They encounter delays at sea due to unfavorable weather while preparing to make landfall in the region around the Hudson Bay, highlighting the challenges and uncertainties inherent in Arctic exploration during that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Northwest Passage Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British Canada, Northern -- Description and travel Franklin, John, 1786-1847 -- Diaries Explorers -- Great Britain -- Diaries G Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 582580 582589 2024-09-08T10:01:26.922343 2023-09-08T11:51:09.209933 text/html text/html 587991 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1147404 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1187165 2024-09-08T10:01:38.935287 application/epub+zip 1191724 2024-09-08T10:01:31.058358 application/epub+zip 291922 2024-09-08T10:01:28.795351 application/epub+zip 1055739 2024-09-08T10:01:44.196291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1000031 2024-09-08T10:01:36.844283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390630 2022-09-09T06:56:03.872026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520581 520317 2024-09-08T10:01:25.868398 2023-09-08T11:51:08.201913 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 520153 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 189673 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 520885 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189608 2006-08-03T11:56:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21527 2024-09-08T10:01:44.343273 application/rdf+xml 24672 2024-09-08T10:01:29.168334 image/jpeg 4451 2024-09-08T10:01:28.982358 image/jpeg 1305354 2024-09-08T10:01:26.984336 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia