Price: $50.00
SKU: 47501
ARTIST: Alonzo Chappel
PUBLISHER: Johnson, Fry & Co., New York.
MEDIUM: Steel engraving; hand colored,
DATE: c. 1870.
EDITION SIZE: 7 1/4 x 5 1/4" (18.5 x 13 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857) was a pioneering American Arctic explorer and naval surgeon who led some of the earliest U.S. expeditions into the high north. As leader of the Second Grinnell Expedition, he charted parts of Smith Sound and discovered the Kennedy Channel, pushing farther north than any explorer had reached at the time. He previously served as the senior medical officer on the First Grinnell Expedition, which located traces of Sir John Franklin’s lost party on Beechey Island. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Kane also served in the Navy across Asia, Africa, and Mexico, including a diplomatic mission during the Mexican–American War. His detailed reports and maps laid the groundwork for later polar exploration.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch mat for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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