A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage, Armstrong

Автор: Grant
Название: The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, Performed in His Majesty`s Vessel the Lady Nelson … in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales
ISBN: 1108039413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108039413
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In 1800-2 the naval officer James Grant (1772-1833) sailed the Lady Nelson to Australia in order to test a new design of keel. This 1803 publication describes the sea trials, together with his impressions of Cape Town and Australia, their natural history and their indigenous and colonial populations.

Автор: Nares
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
ISBN: 1108041566 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041560
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Written by expedition commander George Nares, this 1878 two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition`s attempt to reach the North Pole. Volume 2 describes the perilous return journey. It includes extensive appendices, giving details of the expedition`s scientific discoveries, and features a cumulative index.

Автор: Humboldt
Название: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
ISBN: 1108027946 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108027946
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Описание: The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) travelled to South America in 1799. Five years of research there resulted in numerous publications. This seven-volume English translation of his Relation historique du voyage (1814-1825) appeared between 1814 and 1829. Volume 2 (1814) describes Humboldt`s voyage and his arrival in Venezuela.

Автор: Shillinglaw
Название: A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
ISBN: 1108073336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073332
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: In this 1850 account of the history of Arctic exploration, John Shillinglaw both gives a historical perspective and describes the most recent efforts being made to discover the fate of Franklin`s 1845 expedition, offering a useful synthesis of the first-hand accounts published in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Автор: Nares
Название: Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in HM Ships Alert and Discovery
ISBN: 1108041558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108041553
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Written by expedition commander George Nares, this 1878 two-volume journal recounts the 1875-6 British Arctic expedition`s attempt to reach the North Pole. Volume 1 describes the discovery of the route later called Nares Strait, and the dog-sled journey that set a new record for the farthest distance north achieved.