Peter Goodwin

Nelson's Arctic Voyage

The Royal Navy's first polar expedition 1773

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed account of the Royal Navy's near fatal expedition into the polar regions in 1773--with the young Horatio Nelson on board.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 171mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 798g
• ISBN-13: 9781472954176
• ISBN-10: 1472954173
• Artikelnr.: 49010237

Autorenporträt

Peter Goodwin is widely acknowledged as one of the leading writers on the sailing warship. His published titles include the classic The Construction and Fitting of the Sailing Man of War (Conway, 1990), The Naval Cutter Alert (Conway 1992), Nelson's Ships (Conway 2002) and The Ships of Trafalgar (2005). Peter was Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory for some 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Royal Society Mission for Exploration
3. Captain James Cook and the South Seas
4. The Quest for the North-west Passage
5. Admiralty Planning and Organization
5. Ships: Carcass and Racehorse
6. The Commanders
7. Preparing and Equipping the Expedition
8. Manning the Ships
9. Young Nelson enters into the Carcass
10. The Voyage Commences
11. Robin Hood Bay
12. Svalbard and the Norwegian Archipelago
13. "Seahorses" Flora and Fauna
14. Nelson and the "Incident of the Polar Bear"?
15. Ice-bound and Abandoning Ship
16. Failure and Return
17. Conclusions