The Life of Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. - Brossura

Markham, Albert Hastings

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ISBN 10: 1108074847 ISBN 13: 9781108074841

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) was the cousin of the subject of this biography, published in 1917, and greatly admired his older relative, who had acted as his mentor. Clements R. Markham (1830–1916) is remembered as a prolific writer on historical geography, many of whose works are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. As a boy, he showed great enthusiasm for both history and exploration, and after a chance encounter with an admiral, joined the navy as a cadet. After eight years, he determined to leave the service and pursue a career as an explorer and writer. His first expedition was to Peru, but his main interest was in the Arctic. As an active member of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Hakluyt Society, he both published accounts of early voyages and urged further exploration in the polar regions, including the 1901–4 Discovery expedition under Robert Scott.

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This 1917 biography of his cousin and mentor was published by Albert H. Markham. Clements R. Markham (1830–1916) is remembered as a prolific writer, who, after an early career in the navy, spent his life in exploration, writing about earlier expeditions, and urging further research in the polar regions.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Childhood and school-days; 2. Joins the navy; 3. The Pacific station; 4. The Sandwich Islands; 5. Cruising in the Pacific; 6. Home-ward bound; 7. In the Mediterranean; 8. The search for Sir John Franklin; 9. Travels in Peru; 10. Cuzco to Lima; 11. The quest for cinchona; 12. Work in India; 13. The Abyssinian war; 14. Geography and Arctic exploration; 15. Arctic interests, the merchant service, and other matters; 16. The US and the West Indies; 17. With the trading squadron; 18. The Royal Geographical Society; 19. The Discovery Antarctic expedition; 20. Later years; 21. Scott's last expedition - the end; Appendices; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108074847
• ISBN 13: 9781108074841
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 418