An Auto-Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart, Late of the Admiralty
Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was a distinguished British government servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Pa...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9780511694073 2024-06-09T07:40:43+00:00 An Auto-Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart, Late of the Admiralty Including Reflections, Observations, and Reminiscences at Home and Abroad, from Early Life to Advanced Age Barrow, John 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511694073 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108004701 9780511694073 monograph 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511694073 2024-05-15T12:59:54Z Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was a distinguished British government servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross and Sir John Franklin (the last of which famously ended in disaster). Barrow's autobiography, written when he was eighty-three, depicts a life extraordinary for its range of experience and activity, from a small farm in the Furness peninsula to the court of the Emperor of China, and from an apparently settled life as a civil servant at Cape Town to the centre of affairs at a time when the British Navy's reach and influence reached their highest point. This fascinating account will be of interest to anyone interested in exploration and the history of the British Navy. Book Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Cambridge University Press Antarctic Arctic Furness ENVELOPE(-55.000,-55.000,-61.033,-61.033) Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was a distinguished British government servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross and Sir John Franklin (the last of which famously ended in disaster). Barrow's autobiography, written when he was eighty-three, depicts a life extraordinary for its range of experience and activity, from a small farm in the Furness peninsula to the court of the Emperor of China, and from an apparently settled life as a civil servant at Cape Town to the centre of affairs at a time when the British Navy's reach and influence reached their highest point. This fascinating account will be of interest to anyone interested in exploration and the history of the British Navy. |
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An Auto-Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart, Late of the Admiralty |
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An Auto-Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart, Late of the Admiralty |
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