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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: To Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, Under th

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: To Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, Under th

Beechey, Frederick William

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ISBN10: 1108031048
ISBN13: 9781108031042
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 1 2011
Pages: 488
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.09 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, was born into a family of artists, joined the Navy at a young age and went on to travel the world to survey coastlines and oceans. He published several accounts of his expeditions to destinations including the Arctic and Africa. This two-volume work, first published in 1831, describes his voyage as commander of the Blossom in 1825-1828. The ship's mission was to support the exploration of the North-West Passage by travelling eastwards via the Bering Strait to meet the explorers Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry who were travelling west from the North Atlantic. Volume 2 follows the expedition from California, where it had overwintered, via Hawai'i and China, back to the Bering Strait for a second summer. It includes a vocabulary of Eskimo words, notes on harbours and navigation, and a vivid description of the northern lights.

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