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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108071856

ISBN-139781108071857

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Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameLieut. John Irving, R. N. , of H. M. S. Terror, in Sir John Franklin's Last Expedition to the Arctic Regions : A Memorial Sketch with Letters

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectEcosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorBenjamin Bell

Subject AreaNature, Biography & Autobiography, History

SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Polar Exploration Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentPrefatory note; 1. 1815-34; 2. 1834-7; 3. 1837; 4. 1838-42; 5. 1843-4; 6. 1844-5; 7. 1845-8; 8. Officers of H.M.S. Terror; Appendix.

SynopsisJohn Irving (1815-1847?) was a lieutenant on board H.M.S. Terror during Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition, and had the melancholy distinction of being the first identifiable body to be found by a subsequent search party - that of the US officer Frederick Schwatka - in 1878. Irving was identified by a silver medal, won for mathematics in 1830. His remains were brought back to Britain and reburied in his home town, Edinburgh, and at the request of Irving's father this 'memorial sketch', including some of the young lieutenant's letters to his family, was published in 1881 by Benjamin Bell (1810-83), great-grandfather of the surgeon Joseph Bell, Conan Doyle's model for Sherlock Holmes. As well as the touching memoir, the work includes details of the various search and rescue attempts, and a reconstructed chronology by Clements Markham of the Franklin expedition up to its disastrous end., John Irving (1815 1847?) was a lieutenant on board H.M.S. Terror during Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition, and had the melancholy distinction of being the first identifiable body to be found by a subsequent search party - that of the US officer Frederick Schwatka - in 1878. Irving was identified by a silver medal, won for mathematics in 1830. His remains were brought back to Britain and reburied in his home town, Edinburgh, and at the request of Irving's father this 'memorial sketch', including some of the young lieutenant's letters to his family, was published in 1881 by Benjamin Bell (1810 83), great-grandfather of the surgeon Joseph Bell, Conan Doyle's model for Sherlock Holmes. As well as the touching memoir, the work includes details of the various search and rescue attempts, and a reconstructed chronology by Clements Markham of the Franklin expedition up to its disastrous end.", John Irving (1815-1847?) was a lieutenant on board H.M.S. Terror during Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition, and his was the first identifiable body to be found by a subsequent search party. This memorial work was published in 1881 by Benjamin Bell (1810-83) at the request of Irving's father.