Journal Of A Voyage For The Discovery Of A North West Passage From The Atlantic To The Pacific Performed In The Years 1819 20 In His Majestys Ships Hecla And Griper Under The Orders Of William Edward Parry Rn Frs And Commander Of The Expedition
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Author | : Sir William Edward Parry |
Publisher | : London : J. Murray |
Total Pages | : 581 |
Release | : 1821 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Englishman William Edward Parry's journal of his voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage through the Canadian Arctic in the years 1819-'20 aboard the ships Hecla and Griper. Includes official instructions to Parry from the British government on undertaking the expedition, details of land and sea exploration, encounters with Inuit (Eskimos) and fauna in the region, lists of supplies, chronometric, magnetic and lunar observations, numerous plates and maps, glossary of technical terms.
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Release | : 1968 |
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Total Pages | : 310 |
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Author | : Sir William Edward Parry |
Publisher | : Cambridge, Mass. : General Microfilm Company |
Total Pages | : 726 |
Release | : 1968 |
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Total Pages | : 588 |
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Total Pages | : 400 |
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Author | : William Edward Parry |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2017-01-25 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781333349127 |
Excerpt from Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R. N., F. R. S., And Commander of the Expedition The discoveries made by the Expedition to the North-west in the years 1819-20, being such as to afford a strong presumption in favour of the, existence of a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific in that dirce tion, while they served also to point out the most probable means of its accomplishment, His Majesty, on the representation of Lord Viscount Melville, commanded another attempt to be made to effect that Object; and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were pleased once more to honour me with the command of an Expedition, to be equipped at Deptford for that purpose. The Hecla having been found well adapted to this service, a second ship of. Precisely the same class was now selected, and I received my commission for His Majesty's ship the Fury, of three hundred and seventy-seven tons burthen, on the 3oth of December 1820. The Hecla was re-commissioned by Captain George Francis Lyon, on the 4th of January following. The officers who accompanied the former Expeditions having volun teered their services, their Lordships were pleased to re-appoint such as the present establishment would admit. The same preference was likewise given to such of the former crews as were considered fit for this service; and a great number of other seamen also coming forward to enter, the ships were speedily well manned. The Reverend George Fisher, who had accompanied the Expedition to Spitzbergen in 1818, was now, at the recommendation of the President and Council of the Royal Society, appointed Astronomer; and it being in every respect desirable that a Chaplain should form a. Part of our establishment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.