Cookman, Scott. – What did explorers read?

Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Last Polar Expedition

Cookman, Scott. New York, John Wiley, 2000.

1848-59 The Franklin Search.
Arctic Reading: Great Britain

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p. 11, On Hobson’s discovery in 1859 of the remains of the Franklin party: vi books—five Bibles and The Vicar of Wakefield—were also discovered, but no journals.