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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... arrived at Lough Swilly , and was run ashore to prevent her sinking . Perhaps there is no voyage commanding more our sympathy and admiration than this ; it is impossible to read their daily detail of peril and exertion without sharing ...
... arrived at Lough Swilly , and was run ashore to prevent her sinking . Perhaps there is no voyage commanding more our sympathy and admiration than this ; it is impossible to read their daily detail of peril and exertion without sharing ...
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... arrived safely at the Whalefish Islands . Sir John Franklin , in a letter to the Admiralty , dated thence 12th July , 1845 , says , " The ships are now complete with supplies of every kind for three years , . and I hope to sail in the ...
... arrived safely at the Whalefish Islands . Sir John Franklin , in a letter to the Admiralty , dated thence 12th July , 1845 , says , " The ships are now complete with supplies of every kind for three years , . and I hope to sail in the ...
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... arrive by the end of this year , or , as Sir John Ross expects , at an earlier period , active steps must then be taken . " Their Lord- ships then call for Sir Edward Parry's opinion on the subject , both with respect to the question of ...
... arrive by the end of this year , or , as Sir John Ross expects , at an earlier period , active steps must then be taken . " Their Lord- ships then call for Sir Edward Parry's opinion on the subject , both with respect to the question of ...
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... arrival , besides boats ; and unless I reach Melville Island next summer , they will have nothing . " We have deemed it better to give these extracts in full , fearful of destroying the sense of them by ... arrived SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . 53.
... arrival , besides boats ; and unless I reach Melville Island next summer , they will have nothing . " We have deemed it better to give these extracts in full , fearful of destroying the sense of them by ... arrived SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . 53.
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A Review John Brown. their efforts , but conceives that the time has arrived when due pre- parations should be made for an active search , in case no information should be received in the autumn of the year . " As to the measures to be ...
A Review John Brown. their efforts , but conceives that the time has arrived when due pre- parations should be made for an active search , in case no information should be received in the autumn of the year . " As to the measures to be ...
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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...