William Edward Parry

Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Performed in the Years 1824 25, in His Majesty's

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Produktbeschreibung

In these fascinating memoirs of 1826, an explorer recounts his uncompleted third voyage to discover the 'Northwest Passage' trading route.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1039g
• ISBN-13: 9781108030984
• ISBN-10: 110803098X
• Artikelnr.: 33402798

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Official instructions
1. Passage to the Whale-fish Islands, and removal of stores from the transport
2. Enter Sir James Lancaster's Sound
3. Winter arrangements
4. Meteorological phenomena continued
5. Sail over towards the western coast of Prince Regent's Inlet
6. Formation of a basin for having the Fury down
7. Some remarks upon the loss of the Fury
Appendices
Natural History: Zoology Captain James Clark Ross
Botany Professor William Jackson Hooker
Geology Professor Robert Jameson.