Author: Sir James Lamont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Yachting in the Arctic Seas, Or, Notes of Five Voyages of Sport and Discovery in the Neighbourhood of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya
Author: Sir James Lamont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Yachting in the Arctic Seas, or Notes of Five Voyages of Sport and Discovery in the Neighbourhood of Spitzergen and Novaya Zemlya
Author: James Lamont
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338549690X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338549690X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Northern Lights
Author: Edward J. Cowan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639362711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639362711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
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.
A Handbook of London Bankers: with Some Account of Their Predecessors, the Early Goldsmiths
Author: Frederick George Hilton Price
Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Whiteladies
Author: Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Minsterborough: a Tale of English Life
Author: Humphry Sandwith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Mr. Dorillion. A Novel
Author: Jean Middlemas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Best of Husbands
Author: James Payn
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Atalanta in Calydon
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atalanta (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atalanta (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description