Northward Ho!
Originally published in 1879, this illustrated work by Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) opens with accounts of Arctic exploration from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, including the expeditions led by Constantine John Phipps (1744–92), William Edward Parry (1790–1855) and George Nares (1831...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781107286665 2024-06-09T07:44:04+00:00 Northward Ho! Including a Narrative of Captain Phipps's Expedition Markham, Albert Hastings 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107286665 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781107286665 9781108071444 monograph 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107286665 2024-05-15T13:08:28Z Originally published in 1879, this illustrated work by Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) opens with accounts of Arctic exploration from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, including the expeditions led by Constantine John Phipps (1744–92), William Edward Parry (1790–1855) and George Nares (1831–1915). The journal of Thomas Floyd (c.1754–78), who served as midshipman under Phipps in 1773, comprises the most significant part of the work. Outlining the difficulties faced by an eighteenth-century expedition, ranging from encounters with wildlife to adverse weather conditions, Floyd's narrative is notable also for its inclusion of some early episodes in the career of Horatio Nelson, also a midshipman on the voyage. More than a dozen engravings enhance the work. Other publications by Markham, including A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay (1874) and The Great Frozen Sea (1878), are also reissued in this series. Book Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic Hastings ENVELOPE(-154.167,-154.167,-85.567,-85.567) Markham ENVELOPE(-57.358,-57.358,-64.296,-64.296) Nares ENVELOPE(158.167,158.167,-81.450,-81.450) Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Originally published in 1879, this illustrated work by Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918) opens with accounts of Arctic exploration from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, including the expeditions led by Constantine John Phipps (1744–92), William Edward Parry (1790–1855) and George Nares (1831–1915). The journal of Thomas Floyd (c.1754–78), who served as midshipman under Phipps in 1773, comprises the most significant part of the work. Outlining the difficulties faced by an eighteenth-century expedition, ranging from encounters with wildlife to adverse weather conditions, Floyd's narrative is notable also for its inclusion of some early episodes in the career of Horatio Nelson, also a midshipman on the voyage. More than a dozen engravings enhance the work. Other publications by Markham, including A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay (1874) and The Great Frozen Sea (1878), are also reissued in this series. |
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