Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years - 1819, 20, 21, and

Klappentext This 1823 publication recounts the disastrous expedition led by John Franklin up the Arctic Coppermine River in 1819. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Departure from England; 2. Passage up Hayes', Steel, and Hill Rivers; 3. Dr Richardson's residence at Cumberland-House; 4. Leave Cumberland-House; 5. Transactions at Fort Chipewyan; 6. Mr. Hood's journey to the Basquian Hills; 7. Departure from Chipewyan; 8. Transactions at Fort Enterprise; 9. Continuation of proceedings at Fort Enterprise; 10. Departure from Fort Enterprise; 11. Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two canoes, as far as Cape Turnagain, to the eastward, a distance exceeding five hundred and fifty miles; 12. Journey across the Barren Grounds; Appendix: 1. Geognostical observations John Richardson; 2. General remarks on the Aurora Borealis; On the Aurora Borealis at Cumberland-House Robert Hood; Observations on the magnetic needle at Cumberland-House Robert Hood; 3. Observations on the Aurora at Fort Enterprise John Franklin; Notices of the appearances of the Aurora at Fort Enterprise John Franklin; Observations on the deviations of the magnetic needle; On the Aurora Borealis at Fort Enterprise Robert Hood; Remarks on the Aurora Borealis John Richardson; 4. Remarks and tables connected with astronomical observations; 5. Zoological appendix Joseph Sabine; 6. Notices of the fishes John Richardson; 7. Botanical appendix John Richardson.

Product details

• Authors: John Franklin, Sir John Franklin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9781108041904
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04190-4
• No. of pages: 856
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; 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, Polar regions, Historical Geography