Voyage fait en 1819 et 1820, sur les vaisseaux de S.M.B., l'Hécla et le Griper, pour découvrir un passage du Nord-Ouest de l'océan Atlantique à la mer Pacifique, sous les ordres de William Édouard Parry, membre de la Société royale de Londres
by Sir William Edward Parry
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Englishman 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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British, Discovery and exploration, Griper (Navire), Griper (Ship), Hecla (Navire), Hecla (Ship), Natural history, Scientific expeditions, Travel, Discoveries in geography, Nécla (Navire), Découverte et exploration britanniques, Northwest Passage, Nord-Ouest, Passage du, Botany, Zoology, Eskimos, Northwest passage, Fury (ship)Showing 8 featured editions. View all 32 editions?
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Microfiche de l'exemplaire de l'édition originale se trouvant à la Bibliothèque des Archives publiques du Canada. Ottawa : Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques, 1983.
22 p. : cartes ; 25 cm.
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