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The intrepid French explorer Joseph René Bellot (1826–53) became a symbol of Anglo-French friendship in 1851, when he took part in the second expedition of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin. During the seventeen-month expedition, Bellot wrote a journal which captures his enthusiasm for the discovery of unknown lands and the anxieties of a perilous journey. Together with Captain William Kennedy, Bellot found the northernmost point of the American continent and was named a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His journal was published posthumously, together with a short account of his life, in 1854 by Julien Lemer, and reissued several times because of its scientific and literary interest. Bellot died tragically, aged twenty-seven, during his second polar expedition. His courage and devotion to a foreign cause earned him much admiration in Britain: an obelisk was raised in his honour outside the Greenwich Hospital for sailors.

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• Full title: Journal d'un Voyage aux Mers Polaires
• Subtitle: Execute a la Recherche de Sir John Franklin, en 1851 et 1852
• Author: Joseph René BellotJulien Lemer
• Language: French
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• EAN: 9781108050166
• ISBN: 1108050166
• ID: 02058304
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 650 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 213 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 2012

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