| Description |
x, 342 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-325) and index. |
| Contents |
Elizabethan voyages -- Henry Hudson and William Baffin -- Hudson's Bay Company, James Cook and the Eighteenth Century -- Sir John Barrow and the revival of Arctic exploration in 1818 -- First expeditions of Parry and Franklin -- Franklin's second journey to the polar sea 1825-1827 -- Seaborne voyages of Parry, Beechey and Lyon -- John and James Clark Ross: four winters in the Arctic 1829-33 -- Dease and Simpson along the north coast of America 1836-39 -- Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48 -- Franklin search begins -- Search for Franklin from the Pacific -- Expeditions of Kennedy, Belcher, Inglefield and Kane 1851-1854 -- Discovery of the first relics 1853-1855 -- McClintock's successfull search 1857-59 -- Last searches -- Navigation of the North West Passage. |
| Subject |
Northwest Passage.
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Nord-Ouest, Passage du -- Découverte et exploration. |
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Arctique -- Découverte et exploration. |
| ISBN |
0312223722 |
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1861760590 |
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