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Kane, Elisha Kent

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Kane, Elisha Kent (1820–1857)

US explorer. He was medical officer of the expedition (1850–51) financed by US shipping merchant Henry Grinnell(1799–1874) to discover traces of Sir John Franklin's expedition. He also commanded a second expedition (1853–55), also financed by Grinnell. He published The US Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin (1853) and Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition (2 volumes; 1856).

He was born in Philadelphia and studied at Virginia University. He later became a surgeon in the US navy, visiting India, China, Africa, and Mexico.



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