The North-west Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin: A ReviewE. Stanford, 1858 - 463 páginas An account of attempts to discover the North-west Passage. |
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... Admiralty to renew the attempt ; and two ships were fitted out ( 1741 ) , under Captain Middleton and Mr. William Moor . Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay were discovered ; they reached the lat . 66 ° 14 ' , and from thence saw a Frozen ...
... Admiralty to renew the attempt ; and two ships were fitted out ( 1741 ) , under Captain Middleton and Mr. William Moor . Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay were discovered ; they reached the lat . 66 ° 14 ' , and from thence saw a Frozen ...
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... Admiralty , as if not altogether satisfied , shortly after offered a reward of £ 20,000 for the discovery of a North - West Passage , and a new expedition , under Mr. William Moor and Mr. Francis Smith , sailed in 1746 ; they reached ...
... Admiralty , as if not altogether satisfied , shortly after offered a reward of £ 20,000 for the discovery of a North - West Passage , and a new expedition , under Mr. William Moor and Mr. Francis Smith , sailed in 1746 ; they reached ...
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... Admiralty : - " The search after a North - West Passage , though often relinquished when the want of success has depressed the public hope , has been as often resumed , after a greater or smaller interval , with fresh ardour ; and as ...
... Admiralty : - " The search after a North - West Passage , though often relinquished when the want of success has depressed the public hope , has been as often resumed , after a greater or smaller interval , with fresh ardour ; and as ...
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... Admiralty , with the request that it might be laid before the President and Council of the Royal Society , by whom a resolution was passed in favour of the measure . It was then further referred to those best acquainted with the subject ...
... Admiralty , with the request that it might be laid before the President and Council of the Royal Society , by whom a resolution was passed in favour of the measure . It was then further referred to those best acquainted with the subject ...
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... Admiralty did not know exactly to what quarter they had sent the expedition ; for some have asserted determinately that it went up Wellington Channel ; others have thought Jones's Sound ; and even Smith's Sound has had its advocates ...
... Admiralty did not know exactly to what quarter they had sent the expedition ; for some have asserted determinately that it went up Wellington Channel ; others have thought Jones's Sound ; and even Smith's Sound has had its advocates ...
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Página 359 - There appeared to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a heap on the ground by the natives out of the kegs or cases containing it ; and a quantity of ball and shot was found below high-water mark, having probably been left on the ice close to the beach.
Página 79 - It is far more probable, however, that Sir John Franklin, in obedience to his instructions, would endeavour to push the ships to the south and west as soon as they passed Cape Walker, and the consequence of such a measure, owing to the known prevalence of westerly wind, and the drift of the main body of the ice...
Página 202 - ... but as far as a man can be certain, who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered an extensive land. I think, also, it is more than probable that these peaks we saw are a continuation of the range of mountains seen by the natives off Cape Jakan (coast of Asia), mentioned by Baron...
Página 24 - that there is an open and, at times, a navigable sea passage between the Straits of Davis and Behriug there can be no doubt in the mind of any person who has duly weighed the evidence...
Página 37 - ... be arrested by ice of a permanent appearance, and that when passing the mouth of the Strait, between Devon and Cornwallis Islands, you had observed that it was open and clear of ice ; we desire that you will duly consider, with reference to the time already consumed, as well as to the symptoms of a late or early close of the season, whether that channel might not offer a more practicable outlet from the Archipelago, and a more ready access to the open sea, where there would be neither islands...
Página 359 - ... mark, having probably been left on the ice close to the beach. There must have been a number of watches, compasses, telescopes, guns, (several double-barrelled,) &c. ; all of which appear to have been broken up, as I saw pieces of those different articles with the Esquimaux, together with some silver spoons and forks.
Página 359 - ... under the boat, which had been turned over to form a shelter ; and several lay scattered about in different directions. Of those found on the island, one was supposed to have been an officer, as he had a telescope strapped over his shoulders, and his double-barrelled gun lay underneath him. "From the mutilated state of many of the corpses...
Página 359 - ... were now going to where they expected to find deer to shoot. From the appearance of the men, all of whom except one officer...
Página 359 - Oot-ko-hi-ca-lik), as its description and that of the low shore in the neighbourhood of Point Ogle and Montreal Island agree exactly with that of Sir George Back. Some of the bodies...
Página 359 - Esquimaux language intelligibly; but by signs the party were made to understand that their ship or ships had been crushed by ice, and that they were now going to where they expected to find deer to shoot. From the appearance...