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 Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition

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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 Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition

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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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Publisher
Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
310

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Edition Notes

Reprint of the 1821 ed.
Includes the North Georgia gazette/and winter chronicle, a newspaper established on board the ships employed in the discovery of a north-west passage, in 1819-20, edited by Edward Sabine, 132 p. at end.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
910.09/16/611
Library of Congress
G635.P3 A3 vol. 1 1968

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxix, 310, clxxix, xii, 132 p.
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5629644M
Internet Archive
journalofvoyagef0000parr
LCCN
68055208

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