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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arctic exploration. (search)
er Sir John Richardson, who traversed the northern coast of America 800 miles, in 1848, without finding Franklin. The sea expedition was equally unfortunate. Dr. Rae failed in an overland search in 1850. Three more expeditions were sent out by the British government in search in 1850; and from Great Britain five others were fitted out by private means. One was also sent by the United States government, chiefly at the cost of Henry Grinnell, a New York merchant. It was commanded by Lieutenant De Haven, of the navy. There were two ships, the Advance and Rescue. Dr. E. K. Kane was surgeon and naturalist of the expedition. It was unsuccessful, and returned in 1851. Lady Franklin, meanwhile, had been sending out expeditions in search of her husband, and the British government and British navigators made untiring efforts to find the lost explorers, but in vain. Another American expedition, under Dr. Kane, made an unsuccessful search. In a scientific point of view, Dr. Kane's exped
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Haven, Edwin J., 1819-1865 (search)
De Haven, Edwin J., 1819-1865 Explorer; born in Philadelphia in 1819; entered the navy as midshipman, rose to lieutenant in 1841, and resigned in 1857. He was with Wilkes in his great exploring expedition in 1838-42, and commanded the first exploring expedition fitted out at New York to search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic seas. The expedition consisted of the Advance, 140 tons, and the Rescue, 90 tons. Dr. Kane, who accompanied the expedition, published a full account of it. After his return Lieutenant De Haven was employed on coast survey duty and in the Naval Observatory. He died in Philadelphia Oct. 2, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kane, Elisha Kent 1820- (search)
Elisha Kent 1820- Explorer; born in Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1820; was educated at the universities of Virginia and Pennsylvania, taking his medical degree in 1843. Ill-health led to his entering the navy, and he sailed as physician to the embassy to China in 1843. He travelled extensively in Asia and Europe, traversed Greece on foot, explored western Africa to some extent, was in the war with Mex- Elisha Kent Kane. ico, and in May, 1850, sailed as surgeon and naturalist under Lieut. Edwin J. De Haven, in search of Sir John Franklin. Sir John, an English navigator, had sailed on a voyage of discovery and exploration with two vessels, in May, 1845. Years passed by, and no tidings of him or his companions came. Expeditions were sent from England in search of him. Public interest in the fate of Sir John was excited in Europe and the United States, and in May. 1850, Henry Grinnell, a merchant of New York, fitted out two ships, the Advance and Rescue, and placed them in charge of Li
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
pez, a South American adventurer, makes a filibustering expedition to Cuba from New Orleans in the steamer Creole, and lands at Cardenas, May 19, with about 600 men; is repulsed and retires to the steamer with a loss of thirty killed and wounded; is pursued by the Spanish war-steamer Pizarro to Key West, where he escapes......May 21, 1850 Advance, 140 tons, and Rescue, 90 tons, equipped by Henry Grinnell, of New York, to search for Sir John Franklin, sail from New York City, under Lieut. E. J. De Haven, with Dr. Elisha Kent Kane as surgeon......May 23, 1850 President Taylor dies at Washington, aged sixty-six......July 9, 1850 Vice-President Fillmore takes the oath of office as President......July 10, 1850 William R. King, of Alabama, president pro tem. of the Senate......July 11, 1850 Treaty between the United States and the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, signed Dec. 20, 1849; ratified......Aug. 24, 1850 Territory of Utah created, and territorial government establishe