A voyage towards the North Pole :

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Document Record

Creator
Phipps, Constantine John, 1744-1792, author
Title
A voyage towards the North Pole : undertaken by His Majesty's command, 1773
Published
London : Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse ..., 1774.
Identifier
oocihm.28500
28500
Subject
Carcass (Ship).
Racehorse (Ship).
Carcass (Navire).
Racehorse (Navire).
Northeast Passage.
Nord-Est, Passage du.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Régions arctiques -- Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
Journal of Phipps, the commander of the expedition of the ships Racehorse and Carcass towards the North Pole. The ships sailed north of Spitzbergen Island but were prevented by fields of ice from advancing further. The Appendix contains observations made in the course of the voyage and descriptions of scientific instruments used on the voyage.
Tables.
viii, 253 pages, leaf, plates : illustrations, folded maps ; 30 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.28500