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Narrative of the Second Voyage of Captain Ross to the Arctic Regions, in the Years 1829-30-31-32-33 (Volume 1)

Narrative of the Second Voyage of Captain Ross to the Arctic Regions, in the Years 1829-30-31-32-33 (Volume 1)


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834. Excerpt: ... of" tlie adventurous navigator and his daring and gallant crew, until they were discovered Four years afterwards by the Isabella. The voyage out, during the autumn of 1829, was one of the most prosperous on record among these seas. The weather was unusually mild, and the sea Jess blocked up with those floating continents of ice, which had been the principal impediment on all similar experiments previously made, than had been the case in any previous expedition. The Victory pursued its voyage up Baffin's Bay into Lancaster Sound (laid down in the maps of Captain Parry as Barrow's Straits), making as directly as possible for Prince Regent's Inlet to the spot where the wreck of the Fury had been abandoned by Captain Parry. This point is in latitude 72 4V 30," and in longitude, by the chronometrical observations of Captain Parry, 91 50' 05." The dip of the magnetic needle was 88 19' 22" and the variation 129 25' westerly. He reached the spot indicated by Captain Parry on the 13th of August, in which month, at a later period, exactly four years before, the Fury had been abandoned by that officer. Captain Ross was fortunate enough to find here the keel of that ship, the only part which, after a lapse of four years, remained of the Fury. He landed without difficulty on the indicated spot, and was of course much pleased to find that he had not only accurately reached the precise spot, but to discover that the stores which had been left by his predecessor in those seas were as he had reason to suppose them. Some of the timbers of the Fury were also found in the immediate vicinity of the place, and these afforded most seasonable relief. On the 14th of August, having supplied all his wants from the stores of the Fury, he advanced to the southward in Prince Regent's ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458858795
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458858790
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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