The search for the North West Passage / Ann Savours.

Author/creator Savours, Ann
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Descriptionx, 342 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 318-325) and index.
LCCN 99022261
ISBN0312223722
ISBN9780312223724
ISBN1861760590
ISBN9781861760593

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks G640 .S38 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold