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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Cambridge University Press
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107281202 |