Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, Vol. 1 of 2 PDF Download

Author: W. E. Parry
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267503940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Excerpt from Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage, Vol. 1 of 2: From the From to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole to Reach the North Pole Departure from Winter Island - Meet with some Esquimaux travelling to the N orthward. - Obstruct'on and Danger from the Ice and Tides - Discovery of the Barrow River, and its Fall. - Favourable Passage to the Northward - Arrival ofi'tho Strait of the Fur and Hecla. - Progress'0pposed by a fixed barrier of Ice. Ommunicate With the Natives of lgloolik. - Unsuccessful Attempt to get between the Ice and the Land Land upon the Calthorpe islands-the Fury drifted by the Ice between two Islands. - Account of a Journey performed in Sledges up an Inlet to the westward. 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.