William Edward Parry

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 ... Under the

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1824, this account by a pioneering Arctic explorer describes his second expedition in search of the North-West Passage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 702
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1789g
• ISBN-13: 9781108041348
• ISBN-10: 1108041345
• Artikelnr.: 34571259

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Explanation of technical terms
Official instructions
1. Passage across the Atlantic
2. Review of the geographical information obtained by the researches of former navigators on the coast of the American continent, in the neighbourhood of Wager River
3. Return to the eastward through the Frozen Strait
4. Hoppner's Inlet entered and surveyed by the boats
5. Further examination in the boats for the purpose of connecting the shores of Lyon Inlet with that of Gore Bay
6. Precautions for the security of the ships and their stores
7. Many foxes caught
8. Charts drawn by the Esquimaux
9. Increased extent of open water in the offing
10. Departure from Winter Island
11. Remarkable instance of local attraction on the magnetic needles
12. A journey performed along the south shore of Cockburn Island
13. Preparations for the winter
14. Various journeys to the Esquimaux stations
15. Extraordinary disruption of ice in Quilliam Creek
Some further accounts of the Esquimaux of Melville Peninsula and the adjoining islands, and more particularly Winter Island and Igloolik
Vocabulary of Esquimaux words, etc.