Narrative of Voyage of Hms Herald During Years 184551 Under Command - Being a Circumnavigation of Globe Three Cruizes to Arctic Regions in

Klappentext In this 1853 work, Seemann recounts his time as naturalist on a British survey ship off the American West Coast. Zusammenfassung Berthold Seemann (1825–71), a German-born botanist and traveller, describes in this two-volume work, published in 1853, the years he spent as naturalist on the British survey ship HMS Herald, which sailed up the West Coast of America from Panama and made forays into the Arctic seas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Herald ordered to search fro Franklin's expedition; 2. Behring's Strait; 3. The ice-cliffs of Eschscholtz Bay; 4. The Eskimoes; 5. Departure from Kotzbue Sound; 6. Second voyage to Behring's Strait; 7. Separation of the two vessels; 8. The Plover's wintering in Kotzbue Sound; 9. Mazatlan; 10. Journey into the interior of North-western Mexico; 11. Departure from Mazatlan; 12. Historical summary of the five years' search after Sir John Franklin; 13. Continuation of the voyage of the Herald; 14. The island of Hongkong; 15. Departure from Hongkong; 16. Stay at the Cape of Good Hope; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: Berthold Seemann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2012
• EAN: 9781108049818
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04981-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law