Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Van Diemen s Land Mechanics Institution written by Van Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institution, afterwards Hobart Town Mechanics' Institute (HOBART) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The North West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin written by John Brown and published by London : E. Stanford. This book was released on 1860 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue Systematic and Analytical of the Books of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library Association written by St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Catalogue of Rare and Choice Books Principally Americana written by Arthur H. Clark Company and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures Busts c in the National Portrait Gallery written by National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay Grinnell Land written by International Polar Expedition and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Northwest Passage written by Edward Struzik and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the successes and failures of legendary explorers, including Martin Frobisher, John Davis, William Edward Parry and John Franklin. Includes maps, archival prints and photographs, and colour photographs giving a contemporary view of the region's wildlife, landscape and people.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Free Public Library Sydney for the Years 1869 87 written by Public Library of New South Wales and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Across the Top of the World written by James Delgado and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries-long quest for the fabled Northwest Passage rivals the story of Antarctic exploration for heroism, drama, and tragedy. Expedition after expedition set off in search of a sea route connecting Europe with Asia's riches; each expedition suffered extreme hardship and ended in defeat, until Roald Amundsen finally succeeded in 1903-06. Across the Top of the World brings this incredible saga to life through exhaustive research, grim firsthand accounts, and hundreds of dramatic images. Paintings, engravings, and photos of the intrepid men and their ships, as well as of relics and archaeological sites, provide a poignant and compelling link with the past, while landscapes and seascapes of the harsh yet beautiful Arctic illustrate the challenges that faced explorers. Covering all the major expeditions in detail, and written with passion and authority, this book is both a scholarly reference and an eminently readable history of Arctic exploration.

Download or read book Arctic Labyrinth written by Glyn Williams and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage--an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia--obsessed explorers for centuries. Until recently these channels were hopelessly choked by impassible ice. Voyagers faced unimaginable horrors--entire ships crushed, mass starvation, disabling frostbite, even cannibalism--in pursuit of a futile goal. Glyn Williams charts the entire sweep of this extraordinary history, from the tiny, woefully equipped vessels of the first Tudor expeditions to the twentieth-century ventures that finally opened the Passage.

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.

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