The arctic journal of captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A. : the naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1...
The arctic journal of captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A. : the naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1...
The arctic journal of captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A. : the naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1876 / edited by Trevor H. Levere.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge for The Hakluyt Society, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2020/2165 , G 2020/1146
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxi, 400 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge for The Hakluyt Society, [2019]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for North-west Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to da...
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Full title
The arctic journal of captain Henry Wemyss Feilden, R. A. : the naturalist in H. M. S. Alert, 1875-1876 / edited by Trevor H. Levere.
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General note
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; third series, no. 35
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/2165 , G 2020/1146
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74VKaZajNg3M
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ISBN
9780367356378 hardcover
0367356376 hardcover
DDC
919.804092
MMS ID
991024290918002626
