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MARC recordNarrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28 / Frederick William Beechey.
| Title: | Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28 / Frederick William Beechey. |
| Author(s): | Beechey, Frederick William. |
| Date: | 2011. |
| Publisher: | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press |
| Abstract: | Account of author's 1825-28 voyage as commander of Blossom. Mission was to support exploration of Northwest Passage by travelling eastwards via Bering Strait to meet Franklin and Parry who were travelling west from Atlantic. Includes vocabulary of Eskimo words, notes on harbours and navigation, and vivid description of northern lights. |
| Notes: | Reprint of original 1831 edition. |
| Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo. 629.12 -- Vessels: Blossom. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1825-28 Beechey. 93"182" -- 1820-1829. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*48) -- Northwest Passage. (*49) -- Alaska. (*662) -- Bering Sea and Strait. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 91(08)[1825-28] |
| ISBN: | 9781108031035 |
| SPRI record no.: | 195334 |
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