Sir John Franklin's journals and correspondence: the first Arctic land expedition, 1819-1822. From: Arctic | Date: June 1, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Richard Davis's edition of John Franklin's diaries, 1819-1822, is a tour de force, coming 172 years after the 1823 publication of Franklin's highly acclaimed Narrative. It is augmented by a superb 109-page introduction that includes an assessment of the expedition's important contributions to geomagnetism, 740 informative footnotes, and 155 pages of selected correspondence.

As Davis says, Franklin's Narrative, which has had many reprintings and translations, remains "a sadly inadequate account of this significant historical event" (p. cviii). Davis provides an equitable ...

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