Next time you are at the Whaling Museum, be sure to check out our new addition to the Jacobs Family Gallery: the Resolute Desk. You may remember this from the article “Hollywood Blooper: ‘Mr. Cage, Let Us Tell You About our Desk’ “.
Operations Foreman John Silva putting the final touches on the Resolute Desk
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What books are on the desk?
By: Evander on February 26, 2009
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The four books selected by Maritime Curator Mike Dyer:
“The voyage of the Fox in the Arctic seas : a narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions”
Author: M’Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907.
“The U.S. Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : a personal narrative”
Author: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.
“The Arctic regions : being an account of the American expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, under the patronage of Henry Grinnell”
Author: Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897.
“Voyages of discovery and research within the Arctic regions, from the year 1818 to the present time… : abridged and arranged from the original narrative, with occasional remarks”
Author: Barrow, John, Sir, bart., 1764-1848. [from old catalog]
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