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Record #164864:
Visit of the Thomas Corwin to Wrangell Land / Anon.
Title: | Visit of the Thomas Corwin to Wrangell Land / Anon. |
Date: | 1881. |
In: | Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. (1881.), New series 3(12) (1881) |
Abstract: | Expedition discovered wrecks of whalers near Cape North. After attempt to land on Wrangell Island, landed on Herald Island, which was examined geologically and for plants; observations of channels through east and west of Wrangell Island taken. After second unsuccessful attempt to land on Wrangell Island, returned via Kotzebue Sound; cairn found on Chamisso Island giving names of Blossom, Herald and Plover, to which Captain Hooper added name of Thomas Corwin. Record of a Russian-American Company's expedition in 1838 found. |
Notes: | Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. New series 3(12) :731-733 (1881). |
Keywords: | 061.5 -- Business enterprises: Russian-American Company. 627.77 -- Marine rescue, safety and survival. 629.12 -- Vessels: Blossom. 629.12 -- Vessels: Herald. 629.12 -- Vessels: Jeannette. 629.12 -- Vessels: Mount Wollaston. 629.12 -- Vessels: Plover. 629.12 -- Vessels: Thomas Corwin. 629.12 -- Vessels: Vigilant. 656.608.5 -- Shipwrecks. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1825-28 Beechey. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1845-51 Kellett. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1848-52 Moore. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1849-57 Franklin search. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1879-81 De Long. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1881 Hooper. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 92(093.5) -- Memorials. 93"188" -- 1880-1889. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*48) -- Northwest Passage. (*49) -- Alaska. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). (*521) -- Vrangelya, Ostrov. (*531.251) -- Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug. (*54) -- Northern Sea Route. (*662) -- Bering Sea and Strait. |
SPRI record no.: | 164864 |
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