
Elisha Kent Kane was a United States Navy medical officer and Arctic explorer. He served as assistant surgeon during Caleb Cushing's journey to China to negotiate the Treaty of Wangxia and in the Africa Squadron. He was assigned as a special envoy to the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and as a surveyor in the United States Coast Survey.
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Arctic Explorations
2000
ISBN 9781582181745
The U.S. Grinnell Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin
2007
ISBN 9780548215746
The Far North
2020
ISBN 9783752349108
The United States Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
1857
ISBN 9780665425837
Kane der Nordpolfahrer
1913
ISBN 9783662255186
The love-life of Dr. Kane
1866
ISBN 9780665353550
The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin A Personal Narrative
2023
ISBN 9781019464397