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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De long, George Washington, 1844- (search)
course, was crushed by the ice, June 13, 1881. Thus Lieutenant-Commander De Long and his crew were adrift in the Arctic Sea 150 miles from the New Siberian Islands and more than 300 miles from the nearest point of the mainland of Asia. With his party he started southward, and on July 28, 1881, arrived at Bennett Island, and on Aug. 20 at Thaddeus Island, from which place they travelled in boats. De Long, with fourteen others out of his crew of thirty-three, reached the main mouth of the Lena River, Sept. 17, having travelled about 2,800 miles, and landing on the mainland about 500 miles from their ship. With his men he proceeded as fast as he could until Oct. 9, when it became impossible to travel farther owing to the debility of the men. The party had separated into three branches, one commanded by De Long, the second by Lieutenant Chipp, and the third by chief engineer George W. Melville (q. v.). All of De Long's party, excepting two, perished; Chipp's boat was lost in a gale, wi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Melville, George Wallace 1841- (search)
given the rank of rear-admiral during his occupancy of the office of chief engineer. In 1879 he joined the Jeannette polar expedition under the command of Lieut. George W. De Long, and sailed from San Francisco July 8. The vessel was crushed by the ice and sunk June 12, 1881. Melville and De Long succeeded in reaching land 150 miles apart, with a portion of the crew. De Long and all but two of his men perished from cold and starvation on the Map of the siege of Fort Meigs. banks of the Lena. The next spring Melville with his companions explored the delta for traces of the missing party. After finding the remains of De Long and his companions he returned to the United George Wallace Melville. States. He has contributed largely to the building up of the new navy; designed the triple-screw machinery for the two swiftest cruisers, Columbia and Minneapolis; and invented many mechanical appliances. He is president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and author of I
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ift on the ice-floe, a history of the Polaris expedition, and the rescue of the Polaris survivors. The next American to push north with the great idea was Lieutenant De Long under the auspices of the New York Herald. A vessel named the Jeanette, supplied with provisions for three years, sailed in July, 1879, from San Francisco, entering the Polar Sea through Bering Strait. The Jeanette was sunk by ice in June, 188. The crew got to Herald Island and thence steered for the mouth of the Lena River in three boats, of which one was lost; and the crew of another, including De Long, starved and froze to death on land, while George W. Melville and nine more reached a small native village. After a fruitless search for the others he came home, to return again to the search. He wrote In the Lena Delta, a narrative of the search for Lieutenant commander De long, and his companions (1885). Another volume is, The narrative of the Jeanette Arctic expedition as related by the survivors, etc. R