Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery - Including Researches Discoveries on Eastern Coast of West Greenland,

Klappentext Scoresby's 1822 voyage to Greenland, charting part of the coast and collecting scientific data, is described in this 1823 work. Zusammenfassung First published in 1823, this work recounts the 1822 penultimate journey to the Arctic regions of scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789–1857), during which he charted and named a section of the Greenland coast. The book also includes descriptions of Scoresby's scientific observations made on the trip. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Proceedings during the passage from Liverpool to the fishing-stations; 2. Approach to within five hundred and seventy miles of the Pole; 3. Proceed to the southern fishing-stations; 4. Observations on the deviation of the compass; 5. Loss of a harpooner by a whale; 6. A small whale captured; 7. Approach the coast of Greenland; 8. Large inlet named, after Captain Scoresby sen. Scoresby's Sound; 9. Coast examined down to latitude sixty-nine; 10. Again approach the coast; 11. A run of fish; 12. Retrospective view of researches made upon the eastern coast of Greenland; 13. Get clear of the ice; Appendices.

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• Authors: William Scoresby, Scoresby William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041324
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04132-4
• No. of pages: 542
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Arctic regions, Classic Travel Writing, Historical Geography, C 1700 To C 1800