- Edwin De Haven
Edwin Jesse De Haven (
7 May 1816 –1 May ,1865 ) was aUnited States Navy officer andexplorer of the first half of the 19th century.He was born in
Philadelphia and became amidshipman at the age of 10, serving until 1857. De Haven participated in theWilkes Expedition , officially known as the United States Exploring Expedition, from 1839 to 1842.Edwin Jesse De Haven's most notable achievement was serving as captain of the "Advance". Together with "Rescue", the ship participated in the Arctic search mission to discover the remains of
John Franklin 's earlier, 1847, Arctic expedition. The two ships leftNew York onMay 5 ,1850 . De Haven and his crew were at sea for sixteen months, spending the winter inside theArctic circle .After returning from the expedition, Edwin Jesse De Haven served in the
U.S. Coast Survey , before spending the rest of his career at theUnited States Naval Observatory under superintendentMatthew Fontaine Maury . He was placed on the retired list in 1862 on account of impaired vision. He died in Philadelphia in May 1865.Namesakes
The Navy named two destroyers USS "De Haven" in his honor.
External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d2/de_haven-ii.htm Biography of De Haven from the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," U.S. Naval Historical Center]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4392 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* See an 1858 map [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-2473 "Preliminary chart of entrance to Brazos River, Texas / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A. Bache ; triangulation by J.S. Williams ; topography by J.M. Wampler ; hydrography by the parties under the command of E.J. De Haven & J.K. Duer."] , hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History] .See also
References
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*"The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Franklin to Scot"t, E C Coleman, 2006 (Tempus Publishing)
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