Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Under the Orders of William Edward Parry ; with an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations, Volume 1Englishman William Edward Parry's journal of his voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage through the Canadian Arctic in the years 1819-'20 aboard the ships Hecla and Griper. Includes official instructions to Parry from the British government on undertaking the expedition, details of land and sea exploration, encounters with Inuit (Eskimos) and fauna in the region, lists of supplies, chronometric, magnetic and lunar observations, numerous plates and maps, glossary of technical terms. |
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a-head altitude appeared August Aurora Aurora Borealis Baffin's Bay Bathurst Island beach board the Hecla boat bottom breezes and cloudy breezes and hazy Byam Martin Island Cape Cape Farewell Cape Kater Captain Sabine centre chronometers circumstances clear water coast compass continued direction distance Ditto ditto drift eastward fathoms feet floes four Fresh breezes Frid gale Greenland Greenwich Griper H M S half-past horizon hundred inches inlet July June land latitude Lieutenant Beechey Lieutenant Liddon Light airs Light breezes longitude LONGITUDES BY CHRONOMETERS LUNAR OBSERVATIONS magnetic Majesty's Ship means Melville Island miles Moderate morning navigation nearly needle night noon North northward occasion parhelion Possession Bay present quarter ravine remarked River Clyde round sail season seen Sept ship's ships shore snow soon southward Strait surface temperature thermometer thick Thur variation voyage weather West westerly westward wind Winter Harbour yards