The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted / By the Hon. D. Barrington.

Author/creator Barrington, Daines
Other author Beaufoy, Mark, 1764-1827.
Other author Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionA new edition. With an appendix, containing papers on the same subject and on a Northwest Passage. By Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. Illustrated with a map of the North Pole, according to the latest discoveries.
Publication InfoNew-York : Published by James Eastburn & Co. at the Literary Rooms, Broadway, corner of Pine-Street. Abraham Paul, printer, 1818.
Descriptionxiii, 2 unnumbered pages, 16-187 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 43240. ^A575643
Contents Instances of navigators who have reached high northern latitudes. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society, May 19, 1774 -- Additional proofs, &c. Read at a meeting of the Royal Society. Dec. 22, 1774 -- Postscript. January 8, 1775 -- Additional papers from Hull -- Thoughts on the probability, expediency, and utility of discovering a passage by the North Pole -- A short account of navigators, who have reached high northern latitudes -- Observations on the floating ice, which is found in high northern and southern latitudes -- Appendix. Papers on approaching the North Pole and on a Northwest Passage / By Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S. The papers are extracted from Thomson's Annals of philosophy, by permission of Colonel Beaufoy -- On the Northwest Passage; and the insular form of Greenland.
General noteRunning title: On approaching the North Pole.
General noteSpine title, on printed paper label: Barrington and Beaufoy on the North Pole. With a map. Eastburn & Co. edition.
General noteTitle page vignette signed: Anderson.
General noteEngraved frontispiece has title: Map of the countries around the North Pole according to the latest discoveries.
General noteLast page blank.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 43240
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 43240).
Genre/formMaps Arctic Regions.
Other titleOn approaching the North Pole.
Other titleBarrington and Beaufoy on the North Pole.