Robert John Le Mesurier McClure

The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854

From the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure, I
Herausgeber: Osborn, Sherard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1856, this is a compelling account of pioneering Arctic exploration, revealing how Robert McClure and his men survived.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781108057530
• ISBN-10: 1108057535
• Artikelnr.: 37463716

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Return of the Arctic squadron of 1848
3. Slow sailing of the Arctic ships
4. Voyage continued to Honolulu
5. The Investigator gives up hope of meeting the Enterprise, and departs alone
6. The narrative of Captain Maguire
7. A thunder-storm, slow progress
8. Approach to Cape Bathurst
9. Cape Bathurst left
10. Signs of a rapidly approaching winter
11. Severe pressure on the ice
12. New-Year's Day 1851
13. Signs of summer increase
14. The Investigator bears up, and goes round the south end of Banks Land
15. The New Year, 1852
16. The Enterprise
17. Captain M'Clure proceeds to Melville Island to see Captain Kellett
18. Gloomy prospect in the autumn of 1854
Appendix.