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William Scoresby

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English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)

Born 1789
Died 1857

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  • Cover of: Journal of a voyage to the northern whale-fishery: including researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of west Greenland, made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool

    Cover of edition williamscoresbys00scor First published in 1823 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Memorials of the sea.: My father: being records of the adventurous life of the late William Scoresby, esq. of Whitby.

    Cover of edition memorialsofseamy00scorrich First published in 1835 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: An account of the Arctic regions: with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery

    First published in 1820 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-fishery ...

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    First published in 1845 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: American factories and their female operatives: with an appeal on behalf of the British factory population and suggestions for the improvement of their condition

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  • Cover of: Arctic regions: their situation, appearances, climate, and zoology

    First published in 1800 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Arctic regions and the northern whale-fishery

    First published in 1849 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1821 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1859 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1844 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sabbaths in the Arctic regions

    First published in 1850 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Memorials of the sea

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  • Cover of: The 1823 log book of the ship Baffin from Liverpool

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1820 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The compass in iron ships.: A letter to the members of "The underwriters' association" at Liverpool

    First published in 1854 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A description of some remarkable effects of unequal refraction observed at Bridlington Quay in the summer of 1826

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  • Cover of: Experiments on the effect of the pressure of the sea at great depths, in augmenting the specific gravity of different kinds of wood

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We need a photo of William Scoresby

English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)

Born 1789
Died 1857

Subjects

Whaling, Description and travel, Arctic regions, Discovery and exploration, Sabbath, Baleines, British, Chasse, History, Magnetism, Natural history, Compass, Discoveries in geography, Employment, Factory system, Ice, Magnets, Manufactures, Manufacturing industries, Mesmerism, Sabbat, Travel, Women, Working class, Zoology

Places

Arctic regions, Régions arctiques, Greenland, England, Greenland Sea, Lowell, Massachusetts, North Pole, Northwest Passage, United States, Arctic Ocean, Jan Mayen Island, Lowell (Mass.), Norway, Polar regions, Spitsbergen Island, Whitby

People

John Franklin Sir (1786-1847), Frederick R. H. Scoresby, John Franklin (1786-1847), William Scoresby (1760-1829), William Scoresby (1789-1857)

Time

19th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 7, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import