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William Scoresby

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English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)

Born 1789
Died 1857

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  • Cover of: The Franklin expedition, or, Considerations on measures for the discovery and relief of our absent adventurers in the Arctic regions ...: with maps

    First published in 1850 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Journal of a voyage to the northern whale-fishery, including researches and discoveries on the Eastern coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822....

    First published in 1823 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Magnetical experiments, designed to illustrate the manner of the existence of the magnetical principle in ferruginous bodies: and the mode of its development

    First published in 1824 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Magnetical investigations. 2pt

    First published in 1839 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Magnetical investigations. Part I

    First published in 1839 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memorial of an affectionate and dutiful son, Frederick R. H. Scoresby, who fell asleep in Jesus Dec. 31, 1834, aged16 years

    First published in 1837 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memorials of the sea. My father: being records of the adventurous life of the late William Scoresby

    First published in 1851 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Memorials of the Sea: The Mary Russell

    First published in 1850 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A method of determining the height of cliffs or mountains, by measuring the depression of the horizon

    First published in 1820 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Narrative of an excursion upon the island of Jan Mayen: containing some account of its appearance and productions

    First published in 1819 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: northern whale-fishery.

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Observations on the currents and animalcules of the Greenland Sea

    First published in 1821 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Observations on the impregnation of wood with sea-water, and on the fogs of the Polar Seas

    First published in 1822 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the colour of the Greenland Sea

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  • Cover of: On the singular effects of two strokes of lightning upon the vessel called the New York, while sailing from London to New York

    First published in 1828 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The polar ice (1815) ; The North Pole (1828)

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Remarks on the size of the Greenland whale, or Balæna mysticetus: designed to show that this animal is found of as great dimensions in the present day as at any former period since the establishment of the whale-fishery

    First published in 1819 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Zoistic magnestism: being the substance of two lectures, descriptive of original views and investigations respecting this mysterious agency

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Zoistic magnetism: being the substance of two lectures, descriptive of original views and investigations respecting this mysterious agency; delivered ... at Torquay, on the 24th of April and 1st of May, 1849

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The northern whale-fishery

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of William Scoresby

English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)

Born 1789
Died 1857

Subjects

Whaling, Description and travel, Sabbath, Arctic regions, Discovery and exploration, History, Magnetism, Natural history, Baleines, British, Chasse, Compass, Ice, Magnets, Mesmerism, Sabbat, Zoology, Altitudes, Animalcules, Atmospheric electricity, Baffin (Ship), Barometric hypsometry, Bowhead whale, Climate, Density

Places

Arctic regions, Régions arctiques, Greenland, England, Greenland Sea, North Pole, Arctic Ocean, Jan Mayen Island, Lowell, Massachusetts, Northwest Passage, Norway, Polar regions, Spitsbergen Island, United States, Whitby

People

John Franklin Sir (1786-1847), Frederick R. H. Scoresby, William Scoresby (1760-1829)

Time

19th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 7, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import