Download or read book The Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N to the Arctic Regions written by Robert Huish and published by London : J. Saunders. This book was released on 1835 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N Knt to the Arctic Regions written by Robert Huish and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book The Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N to the Arctic Regions for the Discovery of a North West Passage Performed in the Years 1829 30 31 32 and 33 to which is Prefixed an Abridgement of the Former Voyages of Captns Ross Parry Other Celebrated Navigators to the Northern Latitudes Compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents Transmitted by William Light Purser s Steward to the Expedition Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot written by Robert Huish and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N Knt To the Arctic Regions written by Robert Huish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R. N. Knt., To the Arctic Regions: For the Discovery of a North West Passage; Performed in the Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33 Umilhis period; the fragile barks of the Europeans, had been principly confined to the coasting trade, but the daring genius of Colmbus saw at a distance far beyond the ocean's visible vergefbe mountains of a distant land, although the ignorance and Sperstition of the age in which he lived, threw the most dighnening obstacles in his way; the priests laughed at his Mions and his arguments; the soidisant Philosophers ridi capbis analogies founded on the Laws of Nature, and he was W threatened with a prison, for presuming to entertain the Mical doctrine, that beypnd the furthest ken of Sea there Jit exist a people, who had never heard of the name of Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N to the Arctic Regions written by Robert Huish and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book An the Last Voyage of Capt Sir John Ross R N to the Arctic Regions for the Discovery of a North West Passage Performed in the Years 1829 30 31 32 written by Robert Huish and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... As the test of comparison between the temperature of tie seasons of 1830 and 1831, the following is the scale of the external atmosphere tor the month of May. The first of June was the day appointed for the araputaton of Taylor's foot, as Mr. Mc'Diarmid evidently saw, that it never could be of any further use to him. The diseased part was poulticed every day, since he was brought on board, made sometimes with soft bread, and at another time with oatmeal. I' was, however, the particular wish of Taylor, that Capt. Ross should be on board at the time when the operation took place, and therefore it was postponed until his return. It became, however, a question with Mr. McTJiarmid, whether the postponement of the operation might not endanger the life of his patient, and therefore he determined not to wait the return of Capt. Ross; on the inspection of the foot, however, it was found to be too much swelled, to allow of the operation being performed, and therefore the postponement became a matter of necessity. The return of Capt. Ross was not looked for, for some days, but, to the great surprise of the crew, he suddenly mau his appearance amongst them, leaving his party nearly a day's journey behind him. From the well known repugnance of Capt. Rosb, to expose himself, without the most urgent necessity, to any inclemency of the weather, his arrival could not have jeen looked for on this day, as the wind was excessively high, with the snow drifting so heavily, that it was difficult to discern a hundred yards in advance. His motive for leaving his party, and travelling to the ship by himself never transpired; nor, perhaps, was there any foundation for the rumour, which was current on board, as to the cause which impelled him to an act, so...
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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage written by Alan Day and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties to discover an even more northern route, author Alan Day covers all aspects of the ongoing quest that excited the imagination of the world. This compendium of explorers, navigators, and expeditions tackles this broad topic with a convenient, but extensive cross-referenced dictionary. A chronology traces the long succession of treks to find the passage, the introduction helps explain what motivated them, and the bibliography provides a means for those wishing to discover more information on this exciting subject.
Download or read book Northern Lights written by Edward J. Cowan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World comes a narrative that charts the remarkable—yet often overlooked or misidentified—Scottish contribution to Arctic exploration The search for the Northwest Passage is filled with stories of tragedy, adventure, courage, and endurance. It was one of the great maritime challenges of the era. It was not until the 1850’s that the first one-way partial transit of the passage was made. Previous attempts had all failed, and some, like the ill-fated attempted by Sir John Franklin in 1845 ended in tragedy with the loss of the entire expedition, which was comprised of two ships and 129 men. Northern Lights reveals Scotland’s previously unsung role in the remarkable history of Arctic exploration. There was the intrepid John Ross, an eccentric hell-raiser from Stranraer and a veteran of three Arctic expeditions; his nephew, James Clark Ross, the most experienced explorer of his generation and discoverer of the Magnetic North Pole; Dr. John Richardson of Dumfries, who became an accidental cannibal and deliberate executionaer of a murderer as well as an engaging natural historian; and Orcadian John Rae, the man who first discovered evidence of Sir John Franklin and his crew’s demise. Northern Lights also pays tribute and reveals other overlooked stories in this fascinating era of history: the Scotch Irish, the whalers, and especially the Inuit, whose unparalleled knowledge of the Arctic environment was often indispensible. For anyone fascinated by Scottish history or hungry for tales of Arctic adventure, Northern Lights is a vivid new addition to the rich tradition of polar narratives.
Download or read book The Spectral Arctic written by Shane McCorristine and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.
Download or read book Narrative of the Recent Voyage of Captain Ross to the Arctic Regions in the Years 1829 30 31 32 33 and a Notice of Captain Back s Expedition with a Preliminary Sketch of Polar Discoveries from the Earliest Period to the Year 1827 written by and published by New York : Wiley & Long. This book was released on 1835 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Waterless Sea written by Christopher Pinney and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Traditional Chinese and Japanese poetry and art depict the above-horizon, superior mirage, or fata morgana, as exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources relate mirages to the “thirst of gazelles,” a metaphor for the futility of desire. Starting in the late eighteenth century, mirages became a symbol in the West of Oriental despotism—a negative, but also enchanted, emblem. But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. More often, our obsession with mirages conveys a sense of escape, of fascination, of a desire to be deceived. The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion—and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.
Download or read book Hummocks written by Jean Malaurie and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the margins of the floes, where their ragged edges have come into grinding contact, the ice is piled up into ridges. These are the hummocks," writes Jean Malaurie.
Download or read book Atlantic Ocean written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated examination of the Atlantic Ocean and the transformative role it has played as a corridor for the exchange of people, technologies, ideas, goods, and cultures for over two thousand years as exploration and discovery helped in the growth of global commerce.
