Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America - Effected By Officers of Hudson s Bay Company During Years 1836 1839

Klappentext Thomas Simpson's account of surveying the North-West Passage, published by his brother in 1843, after his alleged suicide. Zusammenfassung This account by Thomas Simpson (1808–1840) of his successful partial survey of the North-West Passage, for the Hudson's Bay Company, was published by his brother in 1843, following Simpson's alleged suicide. It sheds light on his talented, but difficult, character and on the contribution of trade interests to exploration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Memoir of Thomas Simpson, A. M. Alexander Simpson; 1. Introduction; 2. Description of a winter journey from Red River to Athabasca; 3. Occurrences at Fort Chipewyan, Spring 1837; 4. Descent from Athabasca to the Polar Sea; 5. Voyage from Mackenzie River to Franklin's Return Reef; 6. Discoveries on the coast from Return Reef up to Boat Extreme; 7. Journey on foot, and in an Esquimaux canoe, to Point Barrow; 8. Return of the expedition from Boat Extreme to the Mackenzie; 9. Transactions at Fort Confidence, Winter 1837-8; 10. Ascent of Dease River; 11. Second sea voyage; 12. Journey on foot and important discoveries to the eastward; 13. Transactions at Fort Confidence, Winter 1838-9; 14. Second descent of the Coppermine; 15. Stupendous bay, broken into minor bays, and bordered by countless islands; 16. Wintry return to Fort Confidence; Appendix. List of the plants collected during the Arctic journey of Messrs Simpson and Dease W. J. Hooker; Table of the magnetic variation and dip observed by Mr Simpson.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Simpson, Simpson Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041362
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04136-2
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, North America, Expeditions, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TRAVEL / Canada / General, TRAVEL / United States / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, North America (USA and Canada), Historical Geography