A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay

This short work, featuring a number of attractive engravings, traces an abortive expedition to the Canadian Arctic. George Francis Lyon (1795–1832), naval officer and explorer, had accompanied William Parry on a previous expedition in search of the North-West Passage. In 1824 Lyon was instructed to...

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Main Author: Lyon, George Francis
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
Subjects:
Arctic
Parry
Repulse Bay
inuit
North West Passage
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107281202
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781107281202 2024-06-09T07:44:07+00:00 A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay Through Sir Thomas Rowe's ‘Welcome', in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV Lyon, George Francis 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107281202 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781107281202 9781108071000 monograph 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107281202 2024-05-15T13:09:31Z This short work, featuring a number of attractive engravings, traces an abortive expedition to the Canadian Arctic. George Francis Lyon (1795–1832), naval officer and explorer, had accompanied William Parry on a previous expedition in search of the North-West Passage. In 1824 Lyon was instructed to return to Repulse Bay and to explore the mainland. Unfavourable weather conditions forced Lyon to turn back after a few months, and he published this account of the experience the following year. Lyon's text is notable for his descriptions of encounters with Inuit, with whom he spent a great deal of time. The book also includes the text of the official instructions issued by the Admiralty. Chronicling the 1821–3 expedition with Parry, The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon (1824) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, along with his Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico (1828). Book Arctic inuit North West Passage Repulse Bay Cambridge University Press Arctic Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) Repulse Bay ENVELOPE(69.383,69.383,-48.883,-48.883) Cambridge
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description This short work, featuring a number of attractive engravings, traces an abortive expedition to the Canadian Arctic. George Francis Lyon (1795–1832), naval officer and explorer, had accompanied William Parry on a previous expedition in search of the North-West Passage. In 1824 Lyon was instructed to return to Repulse Bay and to explore the mainland. Unfavourable weather conditions forced Lyon to turn back after a few months, and he published this account of the experience the following year. Lyon's text is notable for his descriptions of encounters with Inuit, with whom he spent a great deal of time. The book also includes the text of the official instructions issued by the Admiralty. Chronicling the 1821–3 expedition with Parry, The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon (1824) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, along with his Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico (1828).
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