Edward Parry

Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry

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Produktbeschreibung

Sir W. Edward Parry's son describes the life of the British naval officer and Arctic explorer in this 1857 biography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781108041379
• ISBN-10: 110804137X
• Artikelnr.: 34754694

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. 1790-1810. Birth and parentage
2. 1810-17. Joins the Alexandria
3. Brief sketch of Arctic discovery previously to 1818
4. 1818. The Alexander fitted out at Deptford
5. 1819-20. Parry's first voyage
6. 1820-3. Second voyage
7. 1824-5. Third and last voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage
8. 1826-8. Interest in religious societies
9. 1829-34. Appointment as Commissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company
10. 1835-40. Appointment as Assistant Poor Law Commissioner
11. 1841-5. Second marriage
12. 1846-52. Haslar
13. 1852-5. Summer at Keswick
Appendix.