Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620: Volume 2, Expedition of - In Two Books

Klappentext Jens Munk's account of the Danish 1619 1620 expedition to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West Passage to Asia. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Munk's Navigatio Septentrionalis tells of the Danish attempt to find a North-West Passage in 1619–1620, which reached Hudson's Bay but lost almost all the crew due to cold and disease. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Jens Munk's 'Navigatio Septentrionalis'; Commentary; Index.

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• Authors: C. C. A. Gosch
• Assisted by: C. C. A. Gosch (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108012935
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01293-5
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Canada, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Arctic regions, Historical Geography