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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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