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1857 BIOGRAPHY of ELISHA KENT KANE AMERICAN EXPLORER

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1857 BIOGRAPHY of ELISHA KENT KANE AMERICAN EXPLORER

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BIOGRAPHY of ELISHA KENT KANE
by WILLIAM ELDER
Childs and Peterson, Philadelphia; 1857
Size 6 by 9"
416 pages. With few illustrations
Some wear of binding.
One leaf before title page is missing.
Some foxing.
Text in English

Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was an American explorer, and a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin.
He was present at the discovery of Franklin's first winter camp, but he did not find out what had happened to the fatal expedition.

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